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Dad? All right, the ticket card.

Dad, the movie starts in 20 minutes. We're the only two people on the planet

haven't seen it. Let's not be late. It doesn't matter if we're late. The

picture's three hours long and the ship doesn't sink to the end.

But it's more than that. It's the grandeur of the whole thing. It's the

and elegance of simpler times. It's the bittersweet romance.

It's my phone.

Sloan?

Yes, Captain?

Well, I'm in homicide, remember? A restaurant brawl is not exactly my

department.

What do you mean, my restaurant?

What?

Steve, I don't want to interfere, but you spend a lot of time with Tommy. Try

hear his side.

Better be good. I barely got him off the last assault charge.

Hey, guys.

It wasn't Tommy's fault, really.

Really? Yeah, that guy over there.

The giant. Well, he starts really ragging on me. Give me this. Give me

Hurry up. This food's not worth it. You know. Well, he insulted the food, so

Tommy hit him.

Oh, Tommy hit him because the guy tried to hit me.

So Tommy hit him first.

Oh, Tommy got in the middle of it, but then the guy took a swing at Tommy, and

he ducked. By the way, excellent move.

Thanks. Then when he gets up... Sounds like simple self -defense to me.

Simple self -defense?

There are other ways to solve things like this, Tommy. You should have let

handle it.

Steve, are you kidding? That guy's a monster.

Steve is right. There are other ways we could have handled this. We could have

called the police. Could have called the police. That would have been one way to

handle this. Look, Steve, I'm really sorry. Tommy, don't. I've heard it all

before. I vouched for you in court, remember?

This is just the kind of mess that got you in trouble in the first place.

I'll tell you what, tough guy.

I got just the place for you.

Tomorrow, 7 a .m. sharp.

If you want to stay out of jail, you be there.

Come on, Scottie, stop that chair.

When I hire a sparring partner, it's like we show up on time.

Not a sparring partner.

Of course he's not. Let me take a look at him. He ain't no fighter.

Tommy, over here.

Should have known you were one of Kelly's delinquents.

Tend a new meet for the kiddie program.

All right, all right, all right. Knock it off. Knock it off. Tommy,

get over here. Now.

That's a nice move, Blondie. I can't wait to see the rest. Okay, hot shot.

to work.

Keep away from planning this, boys. He

started it.

Just keep away from planning this, boys.

So what am I supposed to do here?

Whatever he says.

Tommy, this is Kelly.

He owns the gym and, uh...

For the time being, he owns you.

Whatever he says goes.

Got it?

Yeah, whatever.

Welcome to the Never Say Die Jam, Tommy.

Never Say Die?

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, you'll find out soon enough.

Should have brought him here first before the restaurant.

Don't worry. We'll put him to work.

Great. He's all yours.

Get one thing straight up front, kid.

I'm not your babysitter.

I'm here to work out the community service hours.

You apply yourself, follow the rules, we'll get along just fine, okay?

Yeah, all right.

You ever done any boxing?

Never even had gloves on.

He says you handle yourself pretty well, though.

Yeah, a lot of good deaths on me, huh?

All right, neutral corner. Come on.

You okay, kid? I'm okay.

Not bad for a lucky punch.

Wait, shut up, big mouth. You're the one sitting on your butt.

Deep breath.

What are you looking at?

Nothing.

And that's right.

That's Maddie.

Madeline, actually, but don't call her that unless you want to go around with

her, huh?

She's actually going to have a hard time living that one down.

That's her older brother, Doug. They're part of the at -risk juvenile program I

got running.

At -risk?

I'll talk to you more about that later. You're going to do some work with the

kids. Right now, there's the locker room. Go on, I'll meet you in there in a

minute.

So, what do you think?

These kind of problems are nothing new around here.

Foster home, youth camp, probation four.

Assault and battery. Three counts.

I don't know, buddy. We're starting kind of late. Wish we had him in here five

years ago.

Yeah, I know. Just got a feeling about him.

With some work on that short fuse, I still think he can turn himself around.

Okay. That's good enough for me.

And you know how I feel. Never say die, huh? That's right.

All right, pal.

Thanks. Call me if you need me. You bet.

Take care.

Okay, let's get to it. See those cartons?

That's a month's supply of sports chem energy drinks.

Sports chem?

They're one of the sponsors for our at -risk program.

Anyways, drinks need to come out of those cartons and get stacked in the

cabinet. Then you can go mop up the head.

I ain't no janitor, man.

Besides, I thought your whole deal here, this whole program, was about boxing.

This program is about a lot more than just boxing, Tommy.

It's about discipline.

It's about self -control.

And right now, it's about putting those drinks away.

happened to you anyway?

I'm not sure anything happened to me.

Car accident.

Ended my boxing career and started being in the gym business.

I can still handle myself if that's what you're thinking.

Look who we have here.

You got the new kid on a training routine already, Kelly?

Hey, don't strain yourself, Blondie. This drink's real heavy.

Very funny.

Tommy's going to be working here a while. Yeah, we already met.

Looking for Sloan in your little kiddie program.

Wanted to fight Matty or something.

You know what?

I don't think that he's tough enough for Matty. I don't think that he can handle

Matty. Okay, Peter, you've had your fun.

Flynn, tell your boys here to save it for the ring.

He's not in the ring now.

What he does outside of his business.

Look, I'm just worried that this overgrown juvie ain't going to clean up

better than the last delinquent Sloan dragged in here.

Now, why don't you show me how you clean the toilets, Blondie?

Now!

Look, I don't know what your problem is, bud, but I'm going to tell you this

once. You stay out of my face.

How about I re -ring you?

That's enough!

Back off! Both of you!

All right.

Save it for the ring.

You hear that, Blondie? In the ring, any time!

Why do you let jerks like that in here? Because I need them, that's why.

I can't afford to be choosy, not if I want to pay the rent and keep my program

running. So get used to it.

The self -control part of your program starts right now.

So you're going to take a lot of work.

Kids learn to hit like that anyway.

I had you.

Good neighborhood, huh?

Tough step, Dad.

Move. Move.

That's it. Move. Make him work. Make him work. Make him move. Come on.

Hit him.

Hit him.

Hit him. Hit him.

Sir, will you come through? The boxes ain't worth a spit on my mouthpiece.

Get up.

Who's next?

Come on, let's get somebody in here who can fight.

You're a little guy. You sure talk big, doesn't he?

Doesn't he ever quit?

What? What did you say, Blondie?

Why don't you leave those little kids alone and come up here? I got something

for you. Tommy, don't.

Okay.

Okay. Bring the kids with you. I know you're going to need the help.

Doug, lend me your gloves for a minute.

All right, Blondie,

come on. Time to go to sleep, baby.

Tell me.

Oh,

it's too bad, Blondie.

I was looking forward to putting your lights out.

All right, that's it. Get him out. He's through here. I don't take that crap in

my gym.

Why don't you come throw me out? yourself, Gimpy. Come on, cripples. You

Kelly. Get him out of here. Now.

Get over here.

This ain't over, Bundy.

I did over.

That's not why I brought you here.

Steve, that guy's been in my face since I got here. All right, I didn't have a

choice. But you did have a choice.

Why is it that you always make the wrong one?

You didn't even make it through one day, Tommy.

Look, I'm trying to help you here, but I can't do this by myself.

This place could be your last chance. Whether you make it work or not is up to

you.

You all right, Tommy?

Yeah. I swear, I don't know what happened to that kid.

He's one of the most promising fighters I ever had.

And Flynn shows up one day, and it's like he has a complete personality

transplant.

Look, why don't you go on home?

You've got a long day. Go get some rest.

All right, go on.

Try again tomorrow.

Need a ride?

No, just take the bus.

I was trying to make a point there, you know.

Hey, what did you expect bringing him to a place full of fighters?

Too much, I guess.

I was kind of hoping he'd listen to me.

I think he does.

He was pretty good with the kids. You just got to give him some time, you

That's what worries me.

He's running out of time.

to stop us out here, Blondie.

Here's your chance.

No Sloan, no Kelly, just you and me.

So come on!

What are you waiting for? Let's go! Come on!

I don't want any trouble, Peter.

I just want to get on my butt and get out of here.

Man, I was right about you. You ain't no fighter.

I'll tell you that's a good thing because I would have killed you, and you

that! I'll kill anybody!

No fighter alive could beat me. You want to know why, Blondie, huh?

Want to know why?

Because I'm the best.

I can't be hurt.

I'm indestructible.

Want me to show you? Want me to prove that to you, Bonnie?

Watch this.

Peter, what are you doing?

Get out of the street.

You don't hear me, man. I'm full of bros.

Peter, don't. What are you doing?

What, are you out of your mind?

Man, you are thick.

You just don't get it, do you?

What's it going to take?

Watch this, Blondie.

Oh, my God.

I don't care what the bus driver said. I wasn't chasing him.

Why did you run?

Because I knew nobody would believe me.

Then why did you come in on your own, Tommy?

I don't know.

I was scared, all right?

I didn't want to lose my probation.

All right, tell us what happened again.

I told you.

Peter was acting nuts.

He said he was indestructible, he dodged a couple of cars, and then he jumped in

front of a bus.

And that's it?

All right.

Kelly's outside. Go on, he'll take you back to the gym.

What, you're letting me go?

Well, I could throw you in jail if you'd rather go there.

No.

Thanks.

Was that a good idea?

I had no reason to hold him.

He's trying, Dad. The least I can do is try as hard as he is.

So what do you think?

If Tommy's right about what happened, I have some serious questions about Peter

Washburn's behavior and what caused it.

When did Amanda say the autopsy report would be ready? Not till in the morning.

Hey, you want to catch that movie?

No, I'm beginning to feel like I'm on my own sinking ship.

Peter Washburn's temporal lobe was scarred.

Is that a surprise?

No, not really. It's pretty common in boxers. Yes, but the scarring is from an

old injury. It might have caused temporal lobe epilepsy.

Well, that would explain the irrational behavior.

Would it make him irrational enough to kill himself?

I don't know, but something made him think he was indestructible.

Did anything show up on the drug screen?

Nothing. Everything seemed normal.

What about physical signs of a struggle?

Physical signs? Steve, a man got hit by a bus.

I thought you said the driver saw what happened.

No, the more he thought about it, the more he decided he really didn't see

anything. He just assumed Peter was being chased. People shouldn't assume.

that to pathologists.

Well, it sounds like the pathologist has cleared Tommy.

Yes, it does.

Whoa, you did a good job, but don't leave it out there. Snap it and bring it

back. Keep your gloves on.

All right, try it.

There you go.

All right, take a break.

He talks a great fight, huh, Tommy?

Wonder why he always ends up on his butt.

Who's in the ring? Heard they let you go.

Must be nice to have a cop in your point.

I didn't do anything, Flynn.

No? Twelve hours after you show up here, my best fighter's dead.

Why don't you show us what you can do?

Without a bus.

Here we go again.

Hey, shut up, ugly, and leave him alone.

Oh, she is a tough one, boss.

You gonna let her do your fighting for you? Let's go, Matty.

You better tell your sister to watch her mouth, Dougie boy.

Hate to have to knock her on her pretty little butt.

You got a big mouth, Vasquez.

You all right?

Yeah, this is my arm.

You shouldn't have done that.

Throw me my gloves.

I don't want to hurt my hands when I crack this guy's skull.

Come on.

Let's see what you got for real this time.

Come on. Tommy, you don't have to do this.

Careful,

Tommy. Watch it. Watch out.

them out of here, then you and I need to talk.

You bet we do.

I'll talk to you later.

Are you all right?

Yeah. Tony's just trying to protect us.

It wasn't his fault.

It never is.

We're going to keep you in this place, Grace, while you start physical therapy.

Dr. Latimer, could I see you a second? One moment.

Practice walking the way I showed you, then sit, stand, and walk some more,

okay? Okay. I'll be right over here if you need me.

Boy, it's amazing how many bones you can break when you fall on the snow.

Looks like you'll be giving him physical therapy for a while.

Yeah, but he's lucky. He'll be able to lose that brace eventually.

Some of them don't.

Like Brendan Kelly?

I can't believe he's walking even with the braces.

Was that bad?

Oh, yeah. He had multiple compression fractures of the spine.

Both his legs were crushed.

We had to put steel rods in both femurs and fuse his left ankle.

Sometimes I wonder what's worse for the patient, the injuries or the repairs.

Brendan Kelly must be in a lot of pain.

He should be, but he refuses pain medication, and I've never even heard

complain.

Excuse me, doctor.

Whoa.

Are you okay?

Yeah. Let's try that again.

See you, Doctor.

Thanks, Doc.

You're responsible for what happened in there. Hey, Tommy didn't start it.

All the evidence we have indicate that Peter Washburn stepped in front of that

bus himself.

You're out of your mind. And your fighters are out of control.

Look, all your boys want to turn pro. My kids just want a little self

-confidence.

Your kids are juvenile delinquents.

When there's four coming, all those other corporate guys know just what it

they're sponsoring here.

Hey, you either keep your fighters in line or you're out of here.

Got it?

Surely I could have thought of a better way to make a living, huh?

I'm sorry, Kelly.

I shouldn't have brought Tony here.

Why not?

I mean, the only thing that's wrong with him is his temper.

Isn't that enough?

What happened to that feeling?

I just needed somebody to trust him.

So far, all I can do is trust him to get in a fight.

Yeah, but you know what?

He's been working pretty well with Doug and Maddie.

There's got to be someone to reach him.

Maybe there is.

Steve, you don't have to do this. You made your point.

You want to fight so bad?

You might as well learn something.

Let's go. Get your hands up.

Come on, Tommy. What's the matter? You never had a problem out there?

You want to blow off steam? Do it in here with me now.

I said put your hands up.

Good. Now control yourself.

Think about what you're doing.

Sorry, Tommy. You keep dropping your hand.

Come on, that wasn't that hard. Get up.

What's the matter, Tommy?

You all right?

I can't see, Steve.

What?

I'm blind.

Feel better?

What makes me think I've got all the answers?

Everything I've tried with that kid has backfired. I should have just stayed out

of his life.

You don't mean that.

You're all he's got. He needs you.

Needs me?

He didn't want to fight me, Kelly. I forced him.

Does he need to be blind?

So you're saying you never even should have tried to help him in the first

place? Come on, Steve.

You think I should feel that way about Clark Trippett?

Oh, come on, that was an accident. I did this to Tommy.

It was totally different.

How?

Kid wasn't all that different to Tommy.

I was teaching him how to box, to keep him off the streets.

Used to give him a ride to and from the gym every day.

How'd I know a drunk was going to run a red light?

That he'd be dead and I'd be crippled.

What, you're saying I should have never even helped him?

It's just not the same thing.

Sure it is.

Life's not always fair. It's not all happy endings, Steve.

But it doesn't mean you just roll over and die when things don't go your way.

You keep going.

You do the best you can.

You taught me that.

That's what this gym's all about, Steve.

I know.

It's just...

I care about this kid.

I saw something in him the first time I busted him.

He's not a bad kid.

He's never had a break.

So I appointed myself his savior, and this happened.

Well...

If you're right about Tommy, he's not going to blame you.

Come on.

Let's go down to the hospital and see how he's doing. I can't.

Not yet.

I wouldn't know what to say to him.

Okay.

Well, there's no bleeding in either of your eyes. No retinal detachment.

Cas scan doesn't show any bleeding in your brain.

MRI doesn't show any tumor.

Which means what?

It means that the blow didn't pause Tommy's blindness.

So what did?

Well, we don't know for sure. We can't find any physical or neurological reason

for it. That's good news.

We're certain that in time you will recover your vision.

How much time?

Well, we can't really say. I wish we could be more definite, Tommy. But try

be patient. We'll do everything we can.

Well, hey.

That's good news.

I mean, I know Doug and Maddie will be happy. We keep talking about how boring

it is down at the gym without Tommy there picking fights all day long.

Hey, Mark, have you been by at all?

I haven't seen him, Tommy, since he brought you in. I'm sure he'll be along.

Yeah.

Okay, you try and get some rest. We'll be looking in on you.

I'll hang out for a bit.

If you need anything, bust with the nurse.

All right, thanks.

You know, the strange thing about Tommy's blindness...

Unless it's a massive head injury, most people just go blind in one eye at a

time, not both at the same time. Well, if the trauma didn't cause it, what did?

Peter Washburn sits in front of a bus because he thinks he can't be hurt.

Tommy Anders goes blind apparently for no reason, unless it's about drugs.

But not your everyday street drugs. These guys are athletes.

Some of them will take anything if they think it'll give them an edge.

Something's going on down at that Kelly's gym that I don't like.

I want to find out what it is.

Warm up.

Warm up.

I can't do that, Mark. I mean, if I start demanding drug tests on everybody

walks in the door, pretty soon nobody will walk in. I know it's hard to

Kelly, but it's not hard to believe at all. Believe me, I've seen too many of

them come in here all hyped up not to know the signs.

And I won't put up with it. I mean, even Flynn knows that.

But don't you want to find out what really happened to Peter and to Tommy?

course I do.

But there are other things here that are at least as important. What was the

sanctuary for these kids?

Exactly.

See those two kids?

They live in a foster home.

Their mother drank herself to death two years ago.

Their stepfather used to beat them almost daily.

Doug's been to the hospital twice trying to protect her.

Then a year ago, they show up here.

Doug says he's going to teach his little sister how to fight so that nobody can

beat her up again.

And I've got others just like them, Mark.

It's here or the streets.

They feel safe here. They trust me.

I can't betray that trust.

If I impose some sort of mandatory drug test, if they feel threatened, I could

lose a hell of a lot more than I gain.

I guess I didn't consider that, Kelly.

As far as if my corporate sponsors got wind of it, they might think I was

subsidizing a bunch of drug freaks and yanked my sponsorship.

I want to get the picture.

I'll have to think of a little slicker way to find out what's going on around

here, if anything.

You know I'll help out in any way I can.

Look,

I got to get that, all right?

If there's anything else, you let me know. Thanks, Kelly.

Take a break. Come on. Cool off.

There you go.

There you go. Take a break.

All right.

And recycling.

Oh.

Spend some time out in the States. You forget all about that kind of thing.

We've been away?

East Europe. On a sports medicine study grant.

Great winters. Oh, too cold for me.

And no recycling.

Yeah, I guess that's right.

I'm Mark Sloan, Steve's father.

Alex Warner. I'm the ring doctor.

Oh, nice to meet you, doctor.

You know, we have some other trash bins out back you can dig through. Oh, I

think this will do me for now.

It's very nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.

Who's there?

Uh, just me. Tommy, everything okay?

Oh, yeah, fine. I'm just waiting on the pizza that I ordered. Then I was

thinking about maybe watching some TV, maybe reading a magazine.

The patient retains his humor. That's a good sign.

I'll go check on that pizza for you, okay?

All right. Thanks, Mark.

Jesse and I have been looking all over this hospital for you, and you keep

disappearing.

I didn't think anybody would want to talk to me.

Steve, the punch didn't have anything at all to do with Tommy's blindness.

What are you talking about?

None of the tests showed any signs of a trauma from a blow.

Well, if my hitting him didn't cause the blindness, what did?

Well, it's just a guess right now, but I think it involved taking some kind of a

performance enhancer.

I don't know. Tommy may be a hothead, but I'm sure he's not on drugs. I don't

think he knew he was taking anything.

I have Amanda running some tests on a sports drink I found in that gym.

I think the drugs are in there.

If you're right, that means other kids at that gym could be on drugs without

their knowing it.

The question is, who's behind it? And why?

I got a pretty good idea about the who.

Steve?

Don't worry, Dad.

I'm not going to kill the guy. I'm just going to scare him a little.

Interesting file the State Boxing Commission sent me on you, Flynn.

Glad you're enjoying it.

Two alleged fixed fights.

Three alleged cases of giving a fighter's illegal drugs.

Alleged, as in unproven. Still, one more infraction and you go from being on

probation to being out of the game altogether.

You said you had no information of Peter Washburn's death.

I do.

That's why we're discussing my past sins.

But you said they were unproven.

Come on, here.

Not till we talk about the cause of Peter Washburn's death.

I can't wait to hear this.

Your unproven sins.

steroids, amphetamines.

You may not believe this, but I love boxing.

I am not going to screw up my chance of staying in it by giving somebody drugs.

That's why you did these alleged things.

You love boxing.

If you have proof, arrest me.

Otherwise, I don't have to listen to you.

You better pray I don't get proof you've been drugging those kids.

Oh, that's great news, Tommy.

It's just shapes and shadows right now, but it's been getting better all

afternoon.

Hospital said Tommy could be discharged, so we thought the beach would be a

great place to recover. Well, Tommy, I'm glad you're here.

I've got some more food out in the kitchen.

Along with our drinks.

Excuse me.

Listen, Tommy. Steve, you don't have to. Yes, I do.

I was just trying to help you, but I guess I tried too hard.

I lost my patience.

I'm sorry.

It wasn't your fault, Steve.

I mean, you're right. I should have kept my hands up.

Besides, like you said, you were just trying to help me.

You know, that's more than anybody else has ever done.

Sometimes I feel like I'm just making things rougher for you, but... You'll

stick with it, I will.

Never say die, huh?

You're catching on.

Don't try anything without this one sauce.

I bet Steve would rather have this.

You found an altered anabolic steroid? I not only found it in Tommy's blood and

Washburn's blood, but I also found it in those bottles of sports drinks that

Mark brought in. Why altered?

So it couldn't be detected in a normal drug screening.

What's interesting is that the steroid was combined with a small amount of

phencyclidine.

PCP? Yeah. Now, this steroid would enhance an athlete's performance, making

more aggressive, where the PCP would reduce his inhibitions.

Maybe even cause him to step in front of a bus.

That doesn't explain what happened to Tommy. Oh, but it does. When Tommy got

hit, the PCP in the drink caused the arteries in his brain to spasm, much

migraine. In Tommy's case, it caused temporary blindness.

Now, wait a minute.

Peter was sparring all afternoon before he died.

Now, if he was drinking the same stuff, too, then why didn't he go blind? Well,

one did the same thing, so Amanda checked all the other bottles. And I

discovered different combinations in different amounts in the bottles.

It was as though someone were experimenting with the dosages to see

athletes would react.

And the kids at the gym were the lab rats.

Then there's somebody in that gym.

And my money's on Flynn.

Now, wait a minute, Steve. I don't like Flynn either, but I don't think he would

have done something like this to one of his own guys.

Well, then who did?

That's a good question.

It's just the gauze. I don't care. It hurts.

It doesn't hurt. You're being a wimp. I'm not being a wimp. The stitches hurt.

Your technique stinks.

No, it doesn't. That's true.

No, it doesn't. That's true. How is she? Whiny.

Not being whiny. I'm in pain.

She got six stitches last night from flying glass. She's not in pain.

I am, too.

How you doing, Amanda?

She's fine. I'm not fine. I'm in pain.

Did the crime scene unit find anything?

Nothing. There was no shell casings and the tide washed away any footprints.

I can't believe somebody would try to kill us over some sports drink.

Apparently, creating designer drugs for athletes that are undetectable has

become big business.

Obviously, somebody doesn't want to be found out.

And my money's still on Flynn.

We don't have any proof.

We will.

Steve. Now, I'm through playing with this guy.

If you're right about Flynn, I'll lend you my cane to use on him. This isn't

place. Look, if you have to take me, please think of the kids. Just let me do

job, Kelly.

Flynn! Oh, give me a break. What do you want now?

Hey!

Don't!

You've shown really poor judgment, Flynn.

Hey, you can't do this. Oh, I can't, huh?

You know, you really shouldn't have made this personal, Flynn.

Then you shoot at my father's house and put my friend in the hospital.

You think I was just going to take that?

You stupid, Steve, don't!

I'm sorry, Doug.

I'm out of here.

I'm sorry.

Helicopter.

Can't believe I lost it like that.

They hadn't come in when they did.

Kelly's trying to teach these kids self -control, and I just... Proved that you

were only human.

Friend going to give you trouble about it?

He's dirty one way or another. He's not going to do anything.

Talk to Kelly. They all agree they didn't see anything.

I just hope I didn't blow the case against him.

I want him so bad for this. So bad that you might have blinded yourself to any

other possibility?

What do you mean?

Well, there's no easy way to bring this up, Steve, but something's been

bothering me ever since I talked to Dr. Latimer about Kelly.

Kelly?

The extent of his injuries, the level of pain he should be experiencing, his

energy and mobility.

What are you trying to say?

Well, you're not going to be too happy with me about this, but I asked Latimer

to run an HPLC on Kelly's blood.

HPLC? High -pressure liquid chromatography.

It's a sophisticated way of locating and identifying small amounts of molecules.

And what are these molecules trying to tell us?

We better have a talk with Kelly.

Get out of your minds. I'm not on drugs.

Your blood test says otherwise, Kelly.

You got Latimer in on this, huh?

She was beginning to wonder how you handled all your injuries with no pain

medication at all. Because I was in good shape before the accident and I've been

doing physical therapy ever since.

But the therapy alone should have caused enough pain to call for some

medication.

Lateralist told you that. She did.

And it was bad at first, really bad, believe me. But after a while, it just

didn't hurt anymore. It doesn't mean I'm using drugs.

How long was it before the pain stopped completely?

I don't know, a couple months. I was back at the gym.

Then when was it you went to Sports Chem for sponsorship?

I didn't. They came to me.

I'd been using their energy drink for a while.

I liked it, so I agreed.

And they supplied you with Sports Chem in exchange for what?

Nothing. I mean, that worried me at first, so I had Dr. Warner check out the

formula, you know, just to make sure it was safe.

He said it was fine?

Sure. All the trainers started using it.

Including Flynn?

Yeah.

Kelly, I owe you an apology. I'm sorry.

But I think I know who's behind it now.

Hold on a sec.

What? Here you go, catch.

There you go.

That sports cam must be pretty good stuff, huh?

Yeah, not bad.

Gets their electrolytes straightened out.

You here on another recycling mission?

No, no, I found what I wanted.

They don't have anything like that in this year, do they?

Well, other countries aren't exactly backward when it comes to their

Yeah. Still, there's that pressure to win, just like there is here.

Yeah, I suppose.

Everybody encouraging their athletes to be stronger, faster, jump higher.

You must have run into that yourself.

Not really. I mean, there are rules after all.

But rules can be so restrictive, especially when you're trying to get

to reach their full potential.

Well, everyone does what they can, you know.

Except what you did got you banned from European amateur athletics for life.

My son checked out your record on Interpol.

That was a long time ago.

Six months?

You must have developed some really strong drinks.

I was just trying to give them what they wanted.

They overreacted. And when you got home, sports cam came to see you.

They heard about you, didn't they? And recruited you to continue your work

here. How many of my kids were you willing to poison just to make a buck?

That's my boy.

Hey, you can see.

You notice.

And you kept your hands up. That was cool.

Wish I would have had my gloves, though.

Get him, Maddie. Get him out. Come on, stick him.

Hey, guys, that's a break. Break. I said break.

Easy, easy, easy. Steve, throw the towel in.

Loser.

Get out of here.

He sure is good with those kids.

He's great with those kids.

I mean, I just found myself a new assistant here.

You've come a long way, Tommy. I'm proud of you.

Well, thanks to you, Steve.

And to you, Kelly.

Don't worry about it. That's what I'm here for.

All right, Steve.

Let's go. You're up.

Let's go.

There.

So, uh, who's this guy you got me sparring with?

You know, I don't know. I just wandered in off the street one day. But, you

know, watch yourself. I hear this guy's an animal.

Hey, sorry about that. Let's go. Time!

Yeah, then.

Oh, come on, guys. Watch out!