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Tuesday, 10 .30 a .m.

Hi, it's Lisa.

Sorry I missed you the other night. I was going to call the restaurant, but I

couldn't find the number, and I'm really tired from classes.

When I got there, they said you'd left, so I'm really sorry.

Lisa?

Lisa? Lisa?

Lisa.

Hello. This is Dr. Madison Wesley. I'm at 17521 Sherwood Apartment 2B. Send

an EMT crew immediately. I've got an overdose.

You wanted to see me?

Yes. I guess you heard about Lisa Bramston. Yes.

Terrible news.

Is she going to pull through all right? It appears she's over the worst. Oh,

good. Still, how could a med student end up skin -popping Demeron?

Come on. It's the doctor's drug of choice.

No doctor I'd ever want to work with or teach.

Oh, it's not teaching I'm concerned with right now.

Lisa's facing criminal possession charges.

Now, it's her first offense, so the D .A. said he will expunge her record, but

only if she completes rehab successfully.

The community general's got one of the best.

I mean, it costs an arm and a leg, but it's great.

With a six -month waiting list.

I was hoping you could pull some strings.

Is there a personal connection here?

Yes.

So?

Well, okay.

Lisa's father and I lived together for five years when she was a little girl.

He was really the man I should have married. I see.

After her father died, we lost contact.

You know, I... Our relationship was never defined.

I mean, I wasn't even a step -parent.

Well, are you the one responsible for her being a student here? Oh, no, she's

second year. I didn't even know she was here until I saw her name on a list.

Is this her?

Yeah. Sweet.

Does she know how serious this is?

I hope so.

You know, rehab only works if the patient wants it.

You know how many kids are in there on that program just to avoid going to

I'd hate for that to happen.

I'm all she has.

I mean, and my agent is a really, really important guy, and even he could not

get me past the waiting list.

How did you manage?

Someone must think I'm special.

Fact is, you pulled strings.

The prosecutor speaks.

Ex -prosecutor.

Well, a member of the hospital staff did speak out on Lisa's behalf.

Surprise, surprise.

But do you truly want to be here? Better here than jail.

You think a brother has a choice?

You're here.

Or don't you count as a brother?

Oh, I'm one rich, record -producing brother.

Just like you're another rich kid. The hell I am. Who says I am?

Lisa, what do you think is behind that anger? What do you think is behind that

anger?

I'm scared.

You don't sound it.

Well, I've been feeling nothing for months. Believe me, I'm not scared when

hits me.

Dr. Travis, have you seen today's paper?

Look at the food section.

Barbecue Bob's isn't the best barbecue in Los Angeles.

It's simply the best.

Oh, wow.

Why don't people read this?

They already have.

Get down here as fast as you can.

Green reinforcements.

She canceled dinner on me twice. Her mood swings.

It was a parade of boyfriends.

And you took that to be a typical medical student? Wouldn't you?

Well, I don't know. I keep looking for hints that I should have picked up on.

Like her temper would just flare up out of nowhere, and I...

I put it down to stress. I just excused her. Don't blame yourself for her

failings. I'm a professional. I should have helped her.

Nobody forced her to take the drugs.

I failed her, Mark. I should have known.

Sounds to me like she failed you.

I made the bigs right out of high school.

First season, 25 and 5.

Nolan Rain tells me I'm the best pitch he's ever seen.

Now, I know there's only one guy.

And I'm not him.

But that's what people keep expecting me to be.

You can't imagine what that's like.

Yeah, I can.

People thought you were God.

No, not people. Computer geeks.

Well, you and me, we use the same stuff.

Cocaine.

Makes you feel like the deity you know you're not.

Virginia Bramston, please. This is Dr. Madison Wesley.

No, we've never spoken before, but I believe she knows who I am.

It's concerning her daughter.

Tommy Santini, Centroid Point 125.

Can I see that on your tongue? Thank you.

Lisa Bramston, this makes date 11.

Yesterday I made one of the most difficult phone calls I've ever had to

my life.

How did it go?

Well, she said she's going to come when Lisa's allowed to have visitors.

Well, then you did the right thing.

I helped.

You did.

I can't stand needles.

I'm terrified of the things. I can never pop or shoot.

I lost a career without ever putting anything in my arm.

Tell me, Tommy, did you smoke every day?

Every week?

Once a year?

Tommy Lisa isn't the one with the answers.

Well, that would be you, I take it.

No, actually, that would be you.

Dr. Meyer, may I have a word with you?

She's doing fine.

Any chance I can see her just for a few minutes?

Sorry. There's a family issue regarding her mother, and I just thought it would

be really reassuring. Dr. Wesley, you are not the doctor in this situation. We

have strict rules.

No contact with the outside world for the first two weeks of treatment.

That's very difficult.

Of course it is.

I can't promise you results. No one can.

But after five days, she's right on schedule.

Okay, thanks.

Okay.

I do research.

It doesn't matter if it's class I'm taking or a vacuum cleaner I'm buying.

I don't do anything I don't know a lot about.

So I knew if I kept shooting up, I'd OD.

Still, I find that demo right in my vein.

And the stupid thing is, is that given an opportunity, I would do it again in a

minute.

Girl, do you see this here?

I was floating when I got cut.

I looked down at the knife, pulled that sucker out of my belly, and killed the

boy that cut me.

Drove myself to the hospital, too.

Doctor asked me, he say, don't that hurt?

I say, sure it do.

But I don't care.

Does it ever get any better?

You ever keep a diary before?

I'm a girl. Of course.

This is hard.

How do you spell peer? Like peer pressure?

Duh. Peer? Like P -I -E -R.

There's like a, um...

A street named after it in Santa Monica?

Okay.

I'm used to people looking at me.

Me too.

Okay.

Pork ribs, side of beans, side of slaw.

Beef ribs, side of peas, side of beans.

Oh, hang on.

Combo, combo.

Combo.

If you two can't behave, just go eat someplace else.

We got a brisket with green beans and potatoes.

My man Silky Slide, his last album sold two million units.

He looking at the lethal injection.

He only killed another rapper.

He ain't been found guilty yet. Yet if he did it, man, he deserves to die. What

do you know about anything, Mr. Malibu? A life is a life.

Street got its own rules. I don't care if he's your brother. You move fast or

you don't last.

Killers don't deserve to live.

You don't know nothing about nothing.

Step back or step out.

There is no violence in my unit, and I will not excuse either of you.

I don't want to accuse anyone of anything, Dr. Meyer, but if we know

that's going on and we don't tell it, doesn't that make us kind of responsible

for it, like we're the ones who are in trouble?

Well, it's called the honor system.

Right. Okay.

Okay, I think I kind of... I think that I know that...

Tommy and Lisa are, you know... We're not sleeping together.

We're not.

The rule is no sex. That doesn't mean we can't consider what we might do when we

get out.

Lisa isn't the only one doing some considering.

Synthroid 0 .125.

Emergency. I'm sorry. I'll be right back.

I'm not going to lie to you. I shot a 1cc solution of Demerol.

That amounts to one preload of syringe. That's all I took.

Then how did the other three syringes get in your bathroom?

I don't know.

Is there any way Tommy Santini could have wedged open the med cabinet?

No, he wasn't even near it.

You were the only one in the room?

I was alone for 30 seconds, maybe.

Enough time to steal four syringes.

I took one. One. That's all I took.

Then Dr. Meyer returned.

How exactly did Tommy get in your bathroom?

He must have come in while I was sleeping.

Lisa, I'm sorry to ask this, but were Tommy and you?

No. No, we weren't sleeping together. We talked about it. We wanted to, but we

didn't.

Don't you lock your door at night? I can't. It's a lockdown unit. Once

the doctors have access to all the patients' rooms at all times.

Never trust an addict.

Remembering you've been read your rights, did you give Tommy Santini three

syringes of Demerol?

No.

Do you believe me?

I'm having some difficulty with that right now, isn't it?

She can't stay here.

Where is she supposed to go?

I'm sorry, but every patient signs a contract when they're admitted.

Use once and you're out.

I already made one exception for this girl, and I'm not going to make another.

And who exactly left the cabinet open?

I did.

Well, that doesn't justify the theft.

Lisa's the addict. She's the doctor.

Whose slip is greater?

Mine. Well, then let Lisa continue therapy.

Another patient died.

The recovery of the entire group is in jeopardy.

You're a doctor.

You tell me, how could I possibly allow her to remain?

This whole discussion could be academic.

So what does that mean? You're going to arrest her?

Well, that's up to the DA.

He'll review the evidence and then decide what charges to file.

Charges. So you're going to add theft of narcotics to possession?

If Lisa gave those drugs to Tommy, she's guilty of murder.

Oh, no.

You can come home with me.

Thanks.

I'm so sorry. It's a little late for apologies.

I don't know what I'd do without you.

I spoke to your mother.

Why?

She's coming to see you.

Don't count on it.

I don't count on a whole lot these days, Lisa.

I'd like to ask for a moment of silence in honor of Tommy.

In honor of what?

That he screwed up worse than the rest of us? Man's got a point.

Tommy killed himself.

Well, not that any of us can talk.

Your thing is going to hell? I don't like this.

Lee's got a point.

If you believe in heaven and hell, that's where suicides go.

Could we talk about something else?

Look, I believe in charity.

I believe Tommy could be any one of us.

Okay, I mean, I know we're supposed to talk about Tommy, but can I please talk

about something else? You are so self -centered. My life is over, okay?

I mean, I'm not even 21 yet.

Do you know what I'm saying?

What's the matter, baby?

Agent didn't return your call?

I hate you.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

We have reservations.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Hey. It's about time. In another couple of minutes, I'm going to have to give

the table away.

This place is packed.

It's only getting better, which reminds me, I gotta get ready for my TV

interview. Interview?

Can we have a cup of coffee? Yeah.

All right, I have the lab report on Tommy Santini. He died of respiratory

arrest, brought on by the narcotic.

In other words, classic overdose.

Mm -hmm.

Well, he wasn't a narcotic user. He got high on marijuana and alcohol.

First -time user.

It's a shame.

A single syringe should have sent him flying, but as a med student, Lisa

have known that.

She should have known the dangers.

Two, to herself and to him.

Oh, she did.

But she didn't care.

And Madison has to face the fact that Lisa was given a second chance and she

blew it.

You mind if I take you home tonight and look it over?

No, I don't.

Dr. Bob.

Actually, my name is Jesse Travis.

Dr. Bob Travis.

What's the secret to your ribs?

Well, the secret lies in the meat.

Dr. Bob's ribs come from...

Free -range pigs.

That's good.

Oh, my God, that's fantastic.

That's amazing. That's incredible.

That's what I've been waiting for my whole life.

Lisa was an addict.

She might have needed more and more Demerol to get high, but she shot the

syringe. Now, why would a novice like Thomas shoot up three of them?

You're making a common mistake, Dr. Sloan. What's that?

You're applying logic to addicts. True.

You know, there is one thing that really has been bothering me.

Yeah?

I feel terrible even asking this, but were Tommy's fingerprints on any of

syringes? No, just Alicia's fingerprints were found on the one syringe.

Why do you ask?

Well, I was going over my notes, and Tommy told a group that he was deathly

afraid of needles.

He was very emphatic.

Are you suggesting that Lisa administer the drug?

I don't know.

Because if she injected him, that could be construed as a deliberately

premeditated act.

Jesse? Hey, Mark.

Reservation? You know, we're booked solid.

You want hospital scrubs?

Yeah. You think that's inappropriate?

I think it's inappropriate for you to keep your friends waiting.

Hey, I can't show you any special treatment.

What would I say to all these good folk?

Good folk? That's right, good folk.

You know, I could squeeze in 11 .30.

You know, we have extended hours now.

Come in.

Hi.

Hello.

I don't think you should be packing just yet.

Do you remember when we talked yesterday?

I have to actually leave right now.

I mean, this is like the greatest part imaginable.

This is a breakthrough role. I'm sure it is.

And so, like I said, shooting starts next week. And

it's not like they'd wait for me or anything.

So you have to certify me.

I've been giving it a lot of thought.

Good. I just don't think that you're ready to leave the group.

I don't believe you.

How can I certify a recovery that hasn't taken place?

Okay.

Okay.

Maybe you should reconsider.

I don't think so.

Don't you remember what I said?

I saw you.

I know that you were sleeping with Tommy.

I mean, you could lose your license.

You could lose your job.

I'm not making this up.

No, you're not.

You're absolutely correct.

What I did with Tommy was unconscionable, unethical, and

You lied in group.

I did.

You broke the rules.

I did not practice what I preach.

I feel as fuzzy as a peach.

Kiki, what a lovely simile.

I don't feel similar.

I feel sleepy.

I imagine you do.

Why do I feel like this because I gave you more than methadone this evening

I can't, no apostrophe, beat, B -E -E -T, the drugs.

Nobody wants to cast a girl on heroin.

And she put an E on the end of heroin.

Kiki was troubled, but she was a nice girl.

Her death is the second one in this unit in three days. There's got to be a

connection. Well, how?

Tommy died of an accidental overdose and Kiki was a deliberate suicide.

Leaving a note that wasn't signed.

Well, look at her handwriting.

Not to mention her spelling.

Looks like a match.

Well, I think we're finished in here.

I see.

Well, why don't you tell her yourself?

Let me guess. My mother's bridge club needs her?

Well, she said it was a medical emergency. Yes, she always does.

You know, if she wasn't going to come and see you, I don't understand why she

wouldn't have just come out and said that. Because she's a liar.

Liars lie.

Some mothers teach their daughters how to dress.

Others teach their daughters how to cook.

My mom taught me how to lie.

You don't deserve that.

doing this right.

You're better at it than she ever was.

Well, that's not hard.

That's true.

You get that?

Yeah.

It's okay. Go ahead.

Madison, I'm sorry I had to do this, but I figured it was better me and some

stranger.

Just that.

I've got an arrest warrant.

Charging Lisa with the murder of Tommy Santini.

Search your mind. Can't you think of any connection between these two deaths?

Of course there's a connection.

Me.

I've already prepared my letter of resignation.

I negligently allowed Lisa to obtain Demerol, and I was negligent in not

Kiki on suicide watch.

I knew the girl was depressed.

You know, on the way in here the other day, I saw her on the phone. She looked

positively ecstatic.

Well, you don't have a lot of experience with manic depressors, do you?

Well, I suppose she could have been exhibiting classic symptoms.

But then, didn't I read in the paper who she got offered a job? Yeah, she had,

but I wouldn't release her to take it.

Well, no wonder you're feeling guilty.

No, not for that.

I made the right call. This town is littered with too many actors that are

welcome back too soon.

I can't argue with that.

Do you mind if I hang on to this?

No, no, go ahead.

You know, it says in the front here that there's 120 pages in here.

Now, Kiki ripped out one page of the writer's suicide note.

That should leave 119, but I only count 118 pages in here.

What do you think that is?

I have no idea.

Is that important?

I don't know.

I don't care if it's going up, down, or sideways. I am telling you to sell.

Is this a bad time?

Yes, everything.

I told you to sell everything, and then you call me tomorrow with the dollar

amount.

Yes, your advice is noted. Thank you.

Come on in. Shut the door.

Steven's tolling.

Well, I figured I could afford bail or a lawyer. I chose the lawyer.

I think you're right. I'm going to sell my stocks, I'm going to cash in my

insurance, and I'm going to pawn my jewelry.

Maddie. I don't know what else to do. I want the best, the absolute best.

Now, is there someone that you know that can help?

I can certainly make some calls.

I know that you don't believe in Lisa the way I do, and that's fine. The point

is not what you think. The point is what I know. And yes, yes, she was hooked on

drugs, but she did not kill this boy.

Don't you say to me that I am doing this out of guilt or misplaced affection for

a father or anything.

I know that I'm doing this because it's the right thing to do. Have you had any

sleep? Sleep?

Sleep doesn't matter. She matters.

She is in withdrawal right now. I don't even know how she's functioning. Her

mother. I can't believe what her mother... That's not a good idea. Well,

what is a good idea exactly?

That girl is sitting in hell right now.

Go away.

No. I don't want you to see me like this. I'm a professional and I'm

like... As if you love that girl.

What if I do?

You love that girl. Simple as that.

And I don't care what your son says. I don't care what Dr. Myers says. And I

don't care what you say.

Lisa isn't guilty.

Maddie, I believe you.

You do?

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

I think Lisa's innocent.

$500 ,000.

No. Perm offer. Look, I'm not going to sell my restaurant for a sack of beans.

$500 ,000 is a lot of beans. I know why you want to buy.

Sure. Look around. You want to franchise barbecue bobs. Let me tell you

something. If anybody's going to franchise, I'm the man. Combo 7.

Now, here's what I'm thinking.

Franchise is just the beginning.

We cook and freeze the meat.

Overnight delivery, reheat, and serve.

Then... We put Dr. Bob's healthy barbecue sauce into a bottle, my face on

label, very much like Paul Newman.

Let me get back to you with an investment package.

Dr. Becker?

Oh, yes, Dr. Sloan.

Could I ask you a favor?

Possibly. Would it be possible for me to sit in on a group therapy session?

I don't see why not.

Wonderful. Thank you. I appreciate it.

I'd like to talk about Tommy.

In his diary, he says that this is a great place to meet girls.

Why is that funny?

Well, because for Tommy, that's true.

How do you know that? Well, I'm in the next room.

The walls here aren't the best.

Let's just say Tommy and someone were rocking out.

Well, someone being Lisa.

No, no.

Someone else.

You're certain?

Mm -hmm.

Tommy was having company before Lisa came.

I see.

Don't look at me.

Are you all out of your minds?

I may be a pill popper, but I don't rob the cradle.

Not with some rich kid who gets busted in his daddy's Ferrari.

If Tommy was getting it on with anyone besides Lisa, it must have been Kiki.

That girl got round.

Could you translate that for me? Kiki was spending time with the Quiet Riot

every night for the last week or so.

It's true.

Kiki was in my room a lot.

See, for Kiki and me, this isn't just jury.

This is what we believe.

I'm a Christian, and so was she.

So it shamed us deeply that we had failed using drugs and all.

So we studied the Bible together and prayed for strength.

That's how I know Kiki wasn't sleeping with Tommy.

Being a Christian didn't keep her from using drugs.

I know.

The same would apply with sex.

In my case, that's true.

But Kiki, Kiki was a virgin.

Come in.

Just talked to Amanda.

The autopsy confirms it.

The starlet was a virgin.

Must have had some very strong beliefs.

Given the crowd she ran with, it is nothing short of amazing.

But you know, this brings into question the suicide.

Suicides are major sin.

Well, where are you going with this?

Who knows?

You know, Carla, maybe you could help me with this.

Suppose Kiki's death was not a suicide.

That she had a page thrown out of her diary.

Possibly it incriminated someone.

Well, if it did, it would be long gone.

Yeah.

What if there were another, more subtle clue in there?

Do you read your patients' diaries?

Yeah.

It's part of the therapy.

Good.

You know, murder is such a personal business.

What if Billy was telling the truth and Tommy was sleeping with someone other

than Lisa?

Well, let's say.

Who could it be?

Marilyn.

You know, she said she didn't do it, and I believe her.

Why? Do you think that older women don't sleep with younger men?

Are you saying that there's something in her therapy that said she was?

You know I'm not allowed to discuss the patient's therapy.

Of course.

Unless you had reason to believe she was an immediate threat to someone else.

That's right.

If Tommy's death was a crime of passion, you wouldn't have any reason to expect

the killer to strike again, would you?

None. Not that I think his death was a crime of passion.

Just suppose you did. You knew that for a fact.

Mm -hmm.

Well, I couldn't say a word.

Hmm.

Of course, Kiki's death was not a crime of passion.

Suppose Kiki knew about our woman sleeping with Tommy and knew that she

extremely jealous, murderously jealous.

Mightn't she have had a reason to kill Kiki to cover up the previous crime?

Well, that makes perfect sense to me.

If we could only prove that Marilyn was sleeping with Tommy.

You take blood samples, don't you?

Well, of course, for testing.

I'll have the lab run a DNA analysis.

And if one tiny bit of Marilyn's hair or skin shows up on the victim... Oh.

Would you do me one more favor?

Ask away.

My son thinks you're a very attractive woman.

I'm flattered.

Well, actually, he was pointing something out, and forgive me for

up, but he did point out that there was another woman.

In the group.

You mean me?

Yes. And I told him the therapist never consorts with the patient. She could be

dismissed, face a civil lawsuit, lose her license and everything. Of course,

he's a cop.

But it would be a help to me if you could give me a blood sample and then I

could rule you out as a suspect.

I would be happy to oblige, but I don't have a glass light in the unit.

Just so happens I have one on me right now.

Hi.

Hi.

They said I could find you here.

I don't think I could find myself in here.

Well, you know what Yogi Berra said.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

I didn't know you followed baseball. I love the Dodgers.

Oh, I hate them. They broke my father's heart.

You know, just because I left Brooklyn doesn't mean they could.

We can't agree on very much, can we?

Well, no, I... Well, you didn't come down here to fight with me, what is it?

It's really difficult for me to do this. Do what?

Come here and ask another favor of you.

But you're going to anyway.

I have to.

Lisa was beaten last night in the showered county.

Oh, no.

How is she?

Oh, she's all right.

I have to get her out of there. I don't know where else to turn.

Are you asking me to go Lisa's bail?

Well, I'm not just asking you. Because if you're asking... I'm begging you. The

answer's yes.

Oh, thank you.

Coffee?

I'd love one.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I can't thank you enough.

You can do that by staying off drugs permanently.

I'll enter rehab as soon as I can find another program.

You're going to have to stand trial first.

But you know she's innocent.

Excuse me.

Well, not to a jury.

Lieutenant Sloan.

Dad, it's for you. Line two.

Hello?

I can't spend the rest of my life in jail.

I'd sooner die first.

I see.

Don't say that. Don't even think that, honey.

It's true.

Thank you.

It was Amanda. She ran the autopsy on Tommy. Any DNA results?

Nothing we can use at all. No fragments of skin, no hair.

What are we going to do?

I don't know, Lisa.

Well, we can't just sit around and let her be convicted.

No, of course not. But then we may not be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat

either.

How does it feel to have the police all over you?

They'll be gone soon.

Not the way it works.

As long as they think you're a guilty party, they'll be back again and again

again. Well, not after they've convicted the murderer.

I never thought you to be naive before.

They figure you for the other woman.

That's my problem.

Yes, it is.

Lucky for you.

I got a solution.

But you see, I got me a problem, too.

My man Silky's trial is not going the way I would like it to go.

I would help a lot, a whole, whole lot, if a reputable psychiatrist were to

testify that he was not in his right mind at the time of the crime, that he

in the legal parlance, not capable of distinguishing right from wrong.

You're asking me to lie.

Not in the least.

My man Silky is a stone -cold psychopath.

I'm asking you to tell the truth.

I'm the one that's gonna lie.

You see, Tommy wasn't afraid of me.

I liked that.

How nice.

He was blonde.

I know.

You know, I think that boy forgot to pack a hairbrush because he was always

using mine.

Would you like to see those blonde hairs in my brush?

Explain.

How does this help the problem that you believe I have?

What if those hairs were to migrate to someone else's bed?

You wouldn't be the other woman.

I guarantee it.

I don't need a guarantee.

And your man can burn.

My man Silky kills because he's crazy.

What's your excuse?

You set this up.

I was desperate.

You'd won, Carla.

All you had to do was nothing.

Take that bag, if I may.

Arms behind your back.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

Why am I glad to see you guys?

There's a ton of ribs in the back.

Where are all the people?

Disappeared. Where are all your good folk? Did they move on?

I guess.

Foodies.

Dr. Bob's?

I told them there was a Detective Bob, too.

I guess we can take any table, huh?

Uh -huh.

I'll get the drinks.

This is better.

So, Lisa, what are you going to do with your life?

Well, rehab, obviously.

And then she's going to repeat her second year of medical school.

You know, that might not be possible.

Well, now, Mark... Don't start with me. We've got a waiting list of 137 people.

Okay, okay. All of whom are desperate for a first chance, and I've blown two

chances already.

Well, you're not going to give up, are you?

No, but I'm not asking for any special favors.

There's a very mature attitude.

Dr. Sloan, I've only got one thing on my mind right now.

Getting through rehab.

Thanks to you, I've got that opportunity.

I'm not asking for anything more.

I'm very impressed.

So am I.

You're not agreeing with me here for a change, are you?

Well, don't expect it to become a habit.

She's argumentative.

No matter what I say, she starts it. You should hear him, how he speaks to the

nurses and the administration.

She doesn't listen to anything you say.

If he ever told the truth now and again, I think we would.