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Patient's ready, doctor.

Hello?

Yes, yes, this is Dr. Rachel Walters.

Ask the driver to wait. I'll be down in 15 minutes.

Oh, I was just leaving. You can go ahead.

Yes, I'm ready. I'll be... Hello, Dennis.

Dennis, I'm late. I can't... Yes, yes. I will talk with you later.

I'll clean it up.

How was your flight, Doctor? It was good, yes.

I'm still a little jet -lagged, but I'm sure I'll be fine by tomorrow.

Well, if there's anything you need, just let my office know.

I've scheduled a press conference with Tim this morning. Fine.

Here's your first patient.

Yes. I recognize him.

Senator Cabot, Dr. Walters. My aide, Cliff Rand.

I've gone over your chart, but I'd like to examine you myself before tomorrow's

procedure. Doctor, from what I hear, I'm in excellent hands.

Mrs. Cabot would like a 24 -hour private nurse in attendance.

He'll be in the recovery ICU, so a private nurse really won't be necessary.

Cabot wants a private nurse.

It's not going to be a problem, is it?

No. I'm a private nurse.

Absolutely. Thank you.

Take the plat.

It matches your eyes.

So, this is the famous lady heart surgeon, huh?

Yeah.

Not bad.

Not bad?

I was her supervising resident when she entered medical school.

I was nuts about her.

How nuts?

Well, in a moment of weakness, I proposed.

She had the good sense of decline.

That was long before your mom.

Ah, here's a picture of you.

Yeah?

You look a little goofy.

Goofy? Well, I was very, very skinny.

And that cheap suit didn't help much either.

What are you talking about, graduation pictures with hair down to what, hair?

If you want to talk hair, that's practically a crew cut. You look like a

You don't show my picture to anybody, do you?

What would you take for me not to show it to anybody in your department?

Rigatoni at Luigi's, Thursday.

You're on.

How about tonight?

Got a date.

So you mind if I borrow some roses from your garden?

Roses? This must be... Really serious. Fellow police officer?

No. As a matter of fact, it's your very own Judith Randall.

Judith, my favorite nurse?

That's great. What did you get tased?

If I had taste, I wouldn't be drinking your coffee.

Help yourself to the rose garden.

Thanks, Steve.

You're sure this time's okay?

You're nervous about seeing Rachel Walters after all these years?

A little bit.

Well, I'll smile a lot. She won't know, will she?

Oh. Listen, pick pink roses. That's Judah's favorite.

Pink, good. Thanks.

Hot tea and honey.

Huh? For the cough.

Honey soothes your throat, and the hot tea helps your sinuses.

I think about cutting out those cigarettes while I was at it, too.

Who are you, my doctor?

Never know.

Okay, you're sold.

Six to one.

Six to one. You're making me laugh. You know, I can get eight to one from JoJo

Banner.

You know what you're doing to me?

You're killing me. That's what you're doing. You're killing me.

Take it easy.

Relax. Take it easy. Hey, what's with him?

You're going to be all right. You're going to be all right now.

Are you really a doctor? Yeah.

Feeling better?

Yeah.

What'd you do?

Just a carotid artery massage to regulate your arrhythmia.

It's about 85 now.

Call the hospital for an ambulance.

No. I'm on. No way. No way.

No. No ambulance. I got calls from the guy. I got business to run.

Oh! At least let me take you there. You can call your own doctor.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. I'm right over here.

Take it easy.

A little shaky?

Yeah. Yeah.

You're going to have to stay here a while for observation.

Eddie will get you in your room, Bernie. I'll be around in a few minutes to get

you all squared away. Great, great. Hey, Eddie, you play the horses?

Because I have got a winner of the trifecta, the fifth at Hialeah. You're

to love it. It's going to make you a wealthy man.

Hey, I wondered where you were.

Your new skates came in. My skates?

These are great.

These are supposed to be much, much faster.

You know, I was talking to somebody about you today.

I can't think of his name, though.

Oh, well, that's all right. I think I know who you're talking about.

I've got to run. Okay, see you. Thanks.

As you all know, Dr. Walters refined her cardiac catheterization procedure at

the Boston Medical Center.

In the past year, she has performed her procedure at major medical centers in 10

cities as a way of educating her colleagues in this life -saving

We are most indebted to Dr. Walters for including Community General in her

series of teaching demonstrations.

Community General is a hospital with a fine reputation, and I am delighted to

here. Thank you.

This is terrific.

Ladies and gentlemen, my assistant will be happy to provide you with material

detailing Dr. Walters' cardiac procedure.

Thank you for coming.

So, I'm thinking to myself, Amanda loves to go backpacking, Amanda loves hiking.

And Gary offers me this condo for the long weekend. It's so beautiful up

You will love it. Nice try, Jack. But a long weekend hiking is not exactly what

you had in mind. Amanda, no, I swear. Just two people exercising and eating

granola and going into the forest and the moon.

I'm sorry.

The next week or so, I'm going to be right here.

Watching Dr.

Rachel Walters perform her new surgery and attending her seminars. Wait, wait,

wait. The hospital will videotape it. You can watch it when you get back.

can you honestly tell me that you would have passed up a chance to watch

Christian Barnard perform the first heart transplant?

For a weekend with you?

Yes. Nice try, Jack.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir. Excuse me.

Mark. Rachel.

Mark.

What are you doing here?

I thought you were still in Chicago.

Well, I've been here for years, practicing medicine.

Still giving fast service. Yes, yes, and still colorful. Oh, Mark.

I had no idea you were on staff here. Well, there's no reason you should. I

mean, we're not all famous.

Oh, you have done such brilliant work.

Rachel, I should have known you. Oh, I...

I'm so surprised. I don't know what to say.

Well, you can start by telling me how you managed to stay so beautiful all

years. Oh, Mark.

You haven't changed at all.

You always make me feel so special.

Well, that wasn't hard. You are special.

Well, time has been good to you. How about life?

Well, I have no complaints. And you?

You're looking at a contentment, man. Yeah.

I bet you married a terrific woman with a wonderful sense of humor. I did. She

needed one to put up with me. Yes.

I've been widowed three years now, Rachel. Oh, Mark, I'm so sorry. Thank

But I was lucky. All my memories are good ones.

Any children?

Yeah, one. A boy. And I was lucky there again.

Stop it.

This is my knees stop shaking. I have to go. Your knees are shaking? Why?

Are you nervous talking to me? A little bit. No.

Well, how long has it been?

You better not say. You better not.

Not a word, I promise.

If you'll have dinner with me at my house tonight.

Well, I'm making a speech at that cocktail reception for Dr. Bristol.

coming? I've got patients till seven.

I'll pick you up.

You got a deal. Oh, good. See you then. Oh, this is great.

Oh, I don't believe how stupid I am. What is it?

I left my notes for my speech back at the hotel.

No problem. I'll take you back. No, no, no. I don't want you to be late. You go

ahead. Tell him I had to fix my hair or something.

I'll borrow the car and be right back. Are you sure? Positive.

Go ahead.

And then, when you got the skeleton from anatomy class, and you put the wig, and

you put the coat on it, and you put it in the back of the chemistry class, and

that, what was it, Professor... Bowman. No. No, no.

Bowman. Bowman. Dr.

Bowman. Nearsighted Dr. Bowman kept asking it questions.

Oh, God.

I tell you, if one of my residents did that today, I'd... You would laugh.

No, I'd kill him. That is the oldest joke in medical history.

Oh, Mark. You've always had a sense of humor about yourself.

About medicine, you were always serious.

Not like me. I was always a drone.

No.

You were always brilliant.

A little under -serious.

Want to go in the living room?

Rachel, look what you've done with your life.

Oh, you mean my career?

Well, look at the contributions you've made.

to medical technique, to teaching, must give you great satisfaction.

I dedicated my life to it.

Any regrets?

Only that I didn't get to marry a sweet man like you.

Oh, I think we both learned that it's not possible to have everything.

Well, maybe not all of everything.

A little bit of everything.

Taste, maybe.

I think what's important is that what we have makes us happy.

Does your work make you happy?

Yes.

Yes, it does.

I made a choice that I'll look back.

Do you remember

the time you scheduled me 48 hours straight for duty and I was so punchy?

I couldn't even stand up straight. And you wanted to go dancing?

You went to? Yes, I did.

You were the belle of the market street ballroom that night.

I haven't danced since.

I never know it.

Dr. Sloan, well, the instruments are all filled and sterilized. Oh, I can see

that. I just want to make sure everything's perfect on our end.

No reflection on you, Judith. You're the best.

Hey. Hey, how'd you like the roses?

They were beautiful.

Out of my garden.

Wow.

I wondered why you didn't call. Then I find out you're operating on Cabot.

I really don't want to talk about this. I do.

Just what the hell are you up to? I am not up to anything.

Now, you don't belong here. This is a surgical splint. Go.

I will call you later. I promise.

Hi.

Hi.

You're a lovely dancer.

Yes. We've forgotten a thing, haven't we? No, we haven't.

I couldn't help noticing that argument with the guy down in the hall.

all right?

That's a reporter.

What's he doing here in surgery?

Pressing me for an interview.

Told him he didn't belong here.

Let's see inside. I've got to scrub.

Jack?

Who was that reporter?

The guy in the dark suit?

Yeah. That's not a reporter. That's Dennis Chapin. He's the assistant DA.

I thought I had a lot of runnings with me.

Why? Uh, nothing. I think service was taken.

Good luck, Doctor.

Okay, Senator.

There's a gap between the two beds. Please slide on over. Bring your pillow

you.

Feel the edges of the new bed. It's narrow.

Thank you.

I'm just going to get your arm out of the sleeve.

Patience, Ronnie. Don't do anything.

Grandpa?

Patheter. Hemostatic sponge.

And

now...

inserting catheter

right

femoral artery

We are home.

Scissors Scissors

Scissors

Damn it, nurse. What kind of operating room are you running here? Sorry,

We are through.

So what you're saying is you don't know what's wrong.

What I'm saying is your arrhythmia could turn out to be coronary heart disease,

and we have to find out for sure.

That's why we got you on a 24 -hour heart monitor. 24 -hour heart monitor.

You're just trying to keep me away from the phone, that's all.

First of all, I want you to stay in that bed.

Now, the nurse has told me that she's caught you twice in the stairwell

cigars. And you believed her?

And I... Bernie, I'm going to keep you alive in spite of yourself.

Code blue.

Stay calm, Bernie.

It looks like massive septicemia. He went into shock and then rest.

I've never seen it hit so fast.

No, it's on the side.

Okay. Get back. Everybody clear.

The pathology lab confirms patient morbidity resulted from staphylococcal

infection, the probable primary source in the aorta and left ventricle of the

heart.

And the origin of the contamination?

Judging by how rapidly the infection spread and the suddenness of onset after

surgery, the original staph contamination must have taken place in

In other words, Dr. Bentley, Jackson Cabot died from an infection he probably

picked up in the operating room?

That's the way it looks.

I'm so sorry, Judith.

I can imagine how you must feel.

You're saying this was my fault?

Well, I can understand you being upset. What I'm trying to say is it could

happen to any one of us.

Why are you accusing me?

It's not my place to accuse anybody, but if... If the sterile surgical

environment was compromised, and... It was.

That is your responsibility, isn't it?

I am so sorry. I mean, perhaps I shouldn't have said anything.

Rachel, I am the head of the standing review board, and I'll investigate this

with an open mind, but I think it would be better if none of us were too quick

to place any blame.

All the facts are in.

Judith,

you're the best nurse in this hospital, and you didn't do anything.

Yeah, Dr. Sloan, you know what happens to nurses who make mistakes in OR.

Well, other surgeons don't ask for you anymore.

They ask for other nurses.

And pretty soon, you're out of a job.

This is Judith's reputation, Dad. I know.

Don't worry about it. We'll get to the bottom of this, and that is a promise.

Thank you.

Um, I'm still on duty, so... See you later?

You bet.

So, how does this kind of infection happen?

Well, there's either contamination in the operating room or the surgeon's

infected. Everyone who was in that OR was examined for staph after Cabot died,

including Dr. Walters. She wasn't infected.

She couldn't have contaminated him.

Not unintentionally.

Well, what if she brought the infection in deliberately?

Well, that's unimaginable. It's not possible.

Steve, what you're suggesting is murder.

Dad, I'm a homicide cop.

Look, if the OR was clean and the surgeon was clean, you're just going to

to look at the possibility that this death wasn't accidental.

What are you going to do?

Well, it's my responsibility to investigate all the possibilities, no

remote.

Let me know if you need any help.

And please, keep me posted on this, will you? I'll call you.

See you.

Why would Dr.

Walters intentionally infect Jackson Calf?

I don't believe it.

I don't know.

Dr. Sloan. Yes, I believe Mrs. Cabot is expecting me. Cliff Rand.

I'm in charge of the Cabot security.

Come in. Thank you.

Dr. Sloan to see you, Mrs. Cabot.

How may I help you, Doctor?

I realize this is a terrible time for you, Mrs. Cabot, but I am the head of

review board at the community general. Let me see if I can simplify this for

you, doctor.

I have no intention of suing the hospital.

Well, I'm sure the hospital will be very pleased to hear that.

My husband's memory is very important to me.

His desire to donate a pediatric wing to your hospital.

I intend to see that his wish is honored.

There's no reason why this tragedy should undermine your hospital's fine

That's very gracious of you, Mrs. Cabot.

I'll write out a partial payment for the gift, and then you can publicize it.

Here.

Have your pen.

Yes.

Actually, Mrs. Cabot, I came here to ask a few questions regarding your husband.

Yes. Did either you or your husband know Dr. Walters before the surgery?

No, actually, it would never matter. Why?

Do you know of any reason anyone would wish to harm your husband?

What are you suggesting, that it wasn't an accident?

Oh, I'm not suggesting anything.

My husband was loved and respected by all who know him.

No one in his past might have felt differently.

Dr. Sloan.

My husband dedicated the last 20 years of his life to philanthropic works.

That's how he'll be remembered.

I hope you respect that.

Oh, I do.

You understand I have to examine all the possibilities.

Well, if there's nothing else.

Oh,

on behalf of the hospital, thank you.

I won't have it. Don't get hysterical, Marilyn.

I will not allow anyone to ruin my husband's reputation.

Look, you're in this too, you know. What about this Macon man?

Where is he? This is his responsibility. He's in the study. I told him we might

need some damage control.

Go and get him.

How did things go with Mrs. Cabot? Not very well.

Sloan, did you tell Marilyn Cabot that we think our husband's death was due to

foul play?

Uh, not really.

Why'd she call? You left her very distressed.

Listen, before you get too anxious, here's a check she wrote for the

wing. More to come.

Oh. Well, this is nice.

Try not to bother her further, all right? All right.

Listen, I overheard Mrs. Cabot tell her head of security to stop me from looking

into this.

How's he supposed to do that?

Some guy named, uh...

Macon is supposed to take care of that.

I took his address off his car registration, 202 South La Paloma.

address. I'll open it, okay?

Okay. What has any of this got to do with Rachel Walters?

That's something I'm hoping you'll help me find out.

When I told your secretary I wanted to cook you dinner, she gave me your spare

key and her recipe for meatloaf.

Why is everybody so surprised that I can cook?

You can cook?

Oh, not you too.

Bristol told me Mrs. Cabot made a sizable donation to the hospital. She

generous. They also told me you upset her. Well, got a little awkward. What

happened? Well, I opened up the possibility his death was not an

Surely, you don't think that Judith... No, I don't.

Are you suggesting that... Marisa, I'm not suggesting anything.

But you are investigating me.

Well, I wouldn't quite put it that way. Well, I would.

I mean, I was the surgeon. That's your job.

Do you have any questions?

That man you were talking to just before cabbage surgery.

He wasn't a reporter.

That was Dennis Chapin, the assistant district attorney.

Why'd you lie to me?

Because I was upset and I didn't want to have to explain.

Dennis and I are friends from a long time ago. He heard I was in town. He

to get together.

I didn't.

I'm afraid I was rude.

Is there anything else?

These are the records of the patients Dr. Bissell offered you as candidates

cardiac surgery. Yes, there were 12 of them. Yes, and of the 12, Jackson

prognosis was the worst.

Now, why would you pick the one patient whose health was too poor for the

procedure?

You're not going to like my answer?

Rachel, I need to hear it.

Because he was famous.

I thought if I performed the procedure on somebody famous, it would attract

attention.

You never struck me as the type to chase the spotlight.

Not for myself.

For the program.

Mark, you know as well as I do that good publicity attracts funding.

Now, I travel all over the country 15 times a year teaching my procedure.

I want to do it more.

So you thought that operating successfully on a high -profile patient

bring more money into the program?

Yes. Yes, I did.

But now it seems that I've not only jeopardized the program, I've

reputation as a surgeon.

I'm sorry I upset you.

Oh, you haven't upset me. I just think under the circumstances, it's better for

both of us if I leave. Rachel, don't go.

No. Really, Mark, I think this is best for both of us.

We've watched Cabot's catheterization a dozen times, and I still can't see a

mistake.

Mark, I just can't believe that she would do this.

Well, I certainly don't want to think so.

You know what we need is a closer up look. We need greater detail.

You think maybe we could get a blow up of this?

I don't know. I'll do my best.

Oh, thank you.

See you later.

Dad, Judith's gone.

What do you mean gone?

We had a date. I went to her place and this note was taped to her door.

The landlady says she packed up and left this morning.

Dear Steve, I can't face the doctors and nurses I work with knowing that they

think I'm guilty of negligence.

Please understand and love Judith.

I don't know where to start looking for her.

It's obvious she's going to Cleveland.

It is?

Well, Steve, look. She's written it in blue and yank.

All the handwriting slants to the right. It has that faint odor of heliotrope.

That tells you she went to Cleveland?

No, but her mother lived there.

I'm sorry.

Look, I know you're worried about her, but Judith is a very level -headed young

lady. And if she wanted to get away from the pressure, I'm sure she went

someplace safe and familiar, right?

Home.

Thanks, Dad.

Where are you going?

I'm going to Cleveland phone book. I'm going to call her. Oh, okay. Give her my

love.

Oh, and tell her everything's okay.

Nice kid.

Yes?

I'll be right there.

This is Andrea Balfour.

Andrea's a housekeeper over at the Crane Hotel.

The assistant manager brought her in.

Now, since yesterday, she's had the shakes, the chills, a rapid heart rate,

in blood pressure.

Mm -hmm.

Septicemia. Good you've got it on antibiotics.

You're going to be all right.

Now, the big news is that the Crane Hotel is where this hospital puts up its

guests, like Rachel Walters.

Now, Ms. Balfour claims that she cut her hand and probably got the infection on

some broken glass when she was cleaning a bathroom.

Rachel Walters' bathroom.

Mrs. Cabot, I just wanted to tell you again how very sorry I am.

We know there were risks.

Is there anything that I can do?

Thank you. You're very kind.

I was wondering, uh, might I speak with you privately?

Well, this isn't really a very good time. It's about Dr. Sloan.

She went to my study.

May I speak to you confidentially?

Please do.

On behalf of the hospital,

I would like to apologize for Dr. Sloan's behavior.

Dr. Bristol told me how he upset you.

Thank you. It's not really necessary, but thank you.

Dr. Sloan is very loyal to Community General.

He'll do almost anything to preserve the hospital's reputation.

I gathered as much.

But I'm afraid.

Well, as crazy as it may seem, he's determined to prove that someone wanted

harm your husband.

He just won't accept the fact that it's negligence.

Can't you people stop him?

Well, I've tried.

Just won't listen to reason.

What did he ask you?

Well, for one thing, he asked if we'd met you before. I can't imagine why.

May I make a suggestion?

Please.

Perhaps you should alert your staff not to cooperate with Dr. Sloan.

He can be incredibly persistent.

Thank you for your concern. I appreciate the advice.

I'd really better get back to my guest.

Dr. Sloan?

Mrs. Cameron, I'd like to... Dr. Sloan, you're not welcome here.

But I just want to... I'm asking you to leave.

Now.

Of course.

Do something about this.

Now it looks like Megan's going to hit on the waitress.

How much longer are we going to trail this guy?

We've been here... We've been here almost an hour now.

Put a lid on it.

You're such a Dr. Walters fan, I'm surprised you even came with me.

I just wanted to see for myself.

Have you got Shirley Beller's phone number?

Shirley Beller?

Yeah. I'm not going up to that condo by myself.

I cannot believe that you would take Shirley Beller. Well, Amanda, you're

snob. I bet you believe all those rumors about her, right?

It has nothing to do with the stories. I'm not a snob.

It has everything to do... Another one?

Yeah, I'll have another club soda. Nothing for me, okay?

One club soda?

How's it going, Trudy?

Can't complain.

Want me to complain for you?

You're too good to me, Mr. Macon.

Thank you.

Amanda,

why don't you go wait in the car?

I beg your pardon?

Well, the waitress obviously knows Macon.

Maybe I can get some information from her.

Make sure that's all you get from it.

Hey, you look like a lady in a hurry. I am.

No time for a drink?

Not this time.

Got a minute?

Sure.

I was just shocked at the way Mrs. Cabot treated you.

Tried to explain you were only doing your job.

Oh, thank you.

That wasn't what I wanted to talk to you about. Maybe you could help me.

This maid from your hotel came in yesterday with a staph infection.

Oh, dear.

Is she all right?

Well, she told the head of housekeeping that she cut her hand on some broken

glass in your bathroom.

Well, I better tell the hotel to disinfect my bathroom. That could be

serious. Well, I've already had that done after we examined the bathroom.

You examined my bathroom?

Well, I showed the maid this, and she said it looked like the jar that was

broken.

The Petri dish.

I've completely forgotten.

She broke a jar of my hand lotion.

I guess the woman was still confused when you showed her that dish.

Well, that would explain it.

Why would you show her a Petri dish?

I mean, did you think that I would be carrying around contaminated goods?

No, I didn't assume you were.

It was just that the jar she described sounded like a pink addiction.

Ah.

And you had to check out every possibility.

That's the idea.

Phone message for you, Doctor.

Oh.

Excuse me, Mark.

I have a meeting with Dr. Keating in anesthesiology.

You know, for what it's worth, I'm trying awfully hard not to take this

personally.

So am I.

Nurse, is this Dr. Heating's day off? That's right.

about this here. I made reservations at the Zenith. Fine.

How long's he been here?

About a half hour.

Dad?

Dad!

Yeah, that's the tightest external.

Most people call it a swimmer's ear.

I'll tell you what, when you get out and come by my office, I'll give you some

cortisone drops for that.

And in the meantime, don't wash that ear for about three weeks.

I guess that's not a problem.

Hey, Steve!

This is my son.

All right, now remember, all you guys, don't forget to come by the preclinic

a checkup as soon as you make bail, okay?

All right, see you.

My accelerator was stuck.

You suppose somebody might have tampered with it?

Oh, come on, Dad, your car was a mess even before you wrecked it. Hey.

Besides, who would want to do something like that?

Somebody that doesn't like my investigation.

You talk to Judith?

Yeah. She sounds glad to be home for a while. Of course, I was kind of hoping

she'd hear my voice and miss me so much that she'd... Come back, huh? Well,

yeah. Look, Steve, this is a really bad time for her. Be patient with her.

Oh, can you drop me to Xena Threshment?

Sure. Get in. Thanks.

Am I supposed to believe this death was an accident?

You're well out of it, Dennis. Just relax.

Rachel!

What a surprise.

My lunch date stood me up. I guess I'll be eating alone today.

Well, why don't you join us?

Oh, no, I wouldn't want to intrude.

I'm finished, but I'd be happy to sit with you. Well, great, thanks.

Say, you're Dennis Chapin.

I read about you. You're a terrific prosecutor.

I don't believe we've met. Oh, I'm sorry. Dr. Mark Sloan, old friend of

Rachel's. Oh, nice meeting you, doctor.

Well, I have to get back to the office, so...

I'll call you.

Doctor.

Pleasure to meet you. Pleasure.

You're wondering why I lied to you about my meeting with Dr. Keating.

Well, yes, I was.

Well, after you and I split up, Dennis was my lover.

He's married. I was trying to be discreet.

You know, Rachel, I've been puzzling about that broken glass in your

The question that keeps coming to me is, what if the maid wasn't mistaken?

And what's your answer?

Well, what if you brought in some contaminated material to infect the

but the maid broke the jar and fouled up your plans?

Well, even if that far -fetched theory were true, I still couldn't have done

Unless you got some staff somewhere else, like in the hospital.

If I wanted to do that, how would I? I mean, I haven't been left alone for a

minute.

You could have slipped into the hospital at night.

The security guard would have seen me.

No, he didn't. I checked.

You see,

you could have gotten in unobserved with a passkey to the garage.

But I don't have one.

But Bristol does.

He told me that you borrowed his car the night before Cabot's surgery.

The passkey is on his key ring.

But I went to the hotel.

The desk clerk doesn't remember you asking for the key.

That's because I always carry it with me.

And besides, even if I didn't go to the hotel, it doesn't mean I went to the

hospital. That's true.

except maintenance had painted parking lines in the hospital garage that night.

When I looked at Bristol's tires, they had white paint on them.

That white paint could have come from anywhere.

I'm afraid you don't have anything conclusive, Mark.

It's true.

But I just keep flogging along.

Why would I want to kill Jackson Cabot?

I didn't even know the man.

It seems to me if you're going to kill somebody, you should at least have a

motive. The Jackson cabinet was a stranger.

Can't for the life of me imagine why you would do such a thing.

For what it's worth, Mark, I know you're only trying to do your job.

You can come to me any time.

And if you interrogate me sweetly, I'll even throw this button up.

Nurse tells me you had a rapid pulse rate this morning.

Yeah, I don't get it, Doc. I did everything you asked. I left the monitor

never left the room.

Yeah.

Hey, Lou, what's the drill?

Listen, I can't talk to you now, but I owe Johansson big time and... What do

mean you can't cover me?

Do you know who you're talking to here?

Sorry, Lou.

Doctor's orders.

The phone goes, Bernie.

Come on, Doc. I gotta raise money or else this Johansson guy's gonna kill me.

He won't have to do anything to you if you keep this up.

Where do I get a hold of this Johansson guy? He owns an import company.

Johansson Imports.

Downtown. Why?

Well, I might be able to work something out. That's not possible, Doc. It's just

not possible.

Well, I can try.

Meanwhile, pal, you're under quarantine.

I told him about your car. Getting pretty serious, Mark. I'm fine.

Dad, may I speak to you for a moment? Yeah, sure. Excuse us.

What's going on?

What's that?

I heard you needed some information on an ex -cop named Macon.

I pulled this police jacket.

I'm not supposed to do that.

No, of course not.

And you lecture me about playing with the rules. Come on, just take a look.

Now, what do you make of this, do you?

Your buddy Macon had a very important friend.

A senator.

Can you get me a copy of this? Sure.

Thank you.

But get this back before you get caught.

Seems you're a little nervous when the shoe's on the other foot, huh?

Bye, Dad.

So what's up with Pete?

Just a little fatherly advice.

Come on, we got work to do.

Hide there.

Change your mind about that drink?

Oh, we haven't got time for that now, Mr. Macon.

Do I know you?

Not yet.

But I know somebody who's very interested in talking to you.

But they make it worth your time.

I don't know.

My time's worth a lot.

Is it worth a hundred grand?

A what?

Why don't you take a ride and find out?

I'll go get the car.

Nice of you to drop by, Mr. Macon.

And just who might you be?

The name's McNeil. Perhaps you've heard of me.

No, I haven't.

Well, obviously I've heard of you.

You're a very loyal man, Mr. Macon.

For a price.

And talented.

Princess, you know how to tamper with... cars?

See you, McNeil. But you haven't heard my artwork.

You've got some information worth a half a million dollars, Mr. Macon.

You get me my money.

I'll give you a finder's fee.

Twenty percent.

That's $100 ,000, Mr. Macon.

What information?

It's about Jackson Cabot.

I don't know anybody named Cabot.

About a year ago, it was a very serious hit -and -run accident.

The officer in charge didn't make an arrest.

As a matter of fact, he closed the files.

Two months later, that same officer left the force and has been living very well

ever since.

You've been living very well, Mr. Macon.

Now, I happen to know the driver of that car was Jackson Cabot.

Where did you get that?

Never mind how I know.

I know.

Well, you tell those people to pay me.

They get the information in this envelope.

I keep quiet, you get 20%. We don't get that $500 ,000, Mr. Macon.

We're going to have to go to the National Informer.

They pay pretty well, too.

This way, nobody gets hurt.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You tell your people we'll be here for an hour.

After that, they can read about it at their supermarket.

How long did this McNeil say he'd be there?

About an hour. We'll make it.

Well, confirms that part of the story.

You know, all we gotta do now is tie it to Rachel Walters.

Yeah, that's all.

I suppose you're wondering what I'm doing here.

As a matter of fact, it was.

I'm still exploring the theory... That I murdered Cabot.

I'm trying to figure out how you could have gotten some infected blood.

And how did I do it?

I'm not sure.

Let me show you what I'm playing with.

The patient who was here in 324 was the only one in the hospital who was

recovering from staph infection.

So let's say it's the night.

You've used Bristol's keys to slip into the hospital.

But you can't get to 324 without being seen by the night nurse.

So what did I do?

In this room, this gentleman's call button was pushed, which caused the

come in.

Which, according to my stopwatch, gave you time to sneak into 324, draw some

tainted blood, and get out.

Well, how do you know the patient didn't push the call button himself?

Well, for one thing, he was asleep.

Maybe he bumped into it during the night. They often do.

This man is recovering from a stroke.

His right arm is paralyzed.

He couldn't have.

Perhaps the unit malfunctioned. No. No. I had it checked.

No. Someone drew blood that night from the patient at 324.

The day nurse noticed a bruise where the needle had punctured the skin.

See, somebody in the dark, in a hurry, could have done that.

Possible.

But very hypothetical.

I know.

Fascinating.

But... I have to go.

You will keep me posted, won't you? Yes, I will.

Mr. and Mrs.

Smith.

Smythe. And we'd like a room with a view.

Something up high. She likes height.

Maybe something on the ninth floor.

And it's got to be an odd number.

She thinks odd numbers are sexy.

Um, excuse me just a minute.

Mark would never approve of this.

That's why I didn't tell Mark.

I do this by myself, you know. I have 909 available.

Lower.

907 is being made up.

A little lower.

903.

Sold.

Fine. Get you a room key.

Thank you.

Someday you'll suffer for this.

Someday soon?

All right.

903.

Behind this door is Rachel Walters' room.

Jack, was your family really as crooked as these families?

Well, let's put it this way.

My Uncle Les taught me how to do this when I was a kid.

Last time I spoke with Uncle Les, he was on the other side of a glass wall, and

I had to use a telephone.

Hey, look at this.

Shove over.

Any messages for me? Yes, there are, Dr. Walters.

Hurry up.

I'm trying. There's two combination locks on either side.

There's one.

You know what, Jack?

I'm really glad that you're taking Shirley Bailey this weekend.

Me too.

I mean, it just proves to me what you had in mind all along.

Well, with Shirley, I don't have much choice, do I?

Come.

Jack, leave it alone. Let's go.

All right.

Hang on. I got the second one.

Oh, man.

Look at the entries in this checkbook.

I really didn't want to believe that you were involved in it.

I know.

Sorry to give you a hard time about it.

That's okay.

Thanks.

She's coming.

Knock, knock.

Hi, you two.

What have you been up to?

A little research.

I've been going over and over the blog of this operation. I can't catch

out of the ordinary.

Jack, I'll tell you what.

Order me a copy of the tape of the operation she did in New York last week.

I'd like to compare the two of them.

You look guilty.

Are you guilty?

Um...

Well, we have something for you. We went through Rachel's checkbook and found

something we think is pretty important.

You went through Rachel's checkbook? How did you manage that?

Mark, don't even ask. We'll all be a lot happier. The thing is that Rachel has

been writing checks to Dennis Chapin for $2 ,000 a month.

$2 ,000 a month to Chapin?

Do you think that Rachel's paying Chapin off for something?

I would sure like to know.

Is Mr. Chapin in? No, but I am expecting him back for a meeting. They're going

to tow his car. What?

Well, he's blocked Judge Henry's car in, and the judge already called the tow

company. You better come talk to them. Maybe I better.

Who's Judge Henry?

You know, Judge Henry's a real tall guy.

Buzz me if you see Chapin.

Mr. Chapin?

I'm sorry I'm early. Your secretary said I could wait in here.

Well, nothing wrong with being early.

What can we do for you?

As I told you in my letter, the Department of Water and Power is a

corruption.

No pun intended.

And I'm ready to blow the whistle.

Are you listening?

Oh, yes, absolutely.

Please, go on.

I can prove with these records, which I've cross -referenced, that several top

employees have embezzled over $3 million in the last four years.

Have I come at a bad time?

No, no, this is fascinating. Please, go on.

What I've got here, I think we can expose not only the DWP, but the city

controller and at least seven members of his staff.

Anything else?

Well, I can also prove payoffs to four state senators, a sixth assemblyman, and

the lieutenant governor.

Interesting.

Ah, hear me.

Be right back.

If you're looking for Mr. Chapin, he said he'd be right back.

Rachel wrote a check every month to Dennis Chapin for $2 ,000.

Then Dennis Chapin would write a check to the Sunrise Institute for $2 ,000.

Okay, what's the Sunrise Institute?

And why is it a connection between Rachel and Jackson Cabot? I don't

I don't know. Dad, I've got something you're going to like.

This is the late Senator Cabot's car.

This is it.

We give them their rights.

I know my rights. I want to speak to my attorney.

So will Mrs. Cabot.

Anything in your pocket, sir?

Give me a minute with her.

Hands on your back.

My son's a police officer, Mrs. Cabot.

How nice for you.

He's been doing some checking for me.

He found two...

Very interesting people.

Well, I'm not up to meeting interesting people right now.

One was a mechanic who identified your husband's car as the one he repaired the

day after the hit and run.

The other's a woman, the only witness to the accident, the witness your man

Macon told didn't need to testify.

Now both are going to testify at your trial.

for covering up your husband's crime.

Well, Dr.

Sloan.

You must be very proud of your son.

Yes, I am.

Do you know anything about the Sunrise Institute?

No. You're quite sure about that, Mrs. Cabot?

I've never heard of it, and you have my word on that.

Thank you.

Dr. Sloan, if you hadn't been so persistent, we'd all be better off.

Think about that.

I wonder why Dennis Chapin would send Rachel Walters money here.

I hope they have a room with a view.

I'm Sharon Marshall, the Institute Administrative Assistant.

How may I help you?

Oh, I don't know.

Buck up, Dad. You're doing the right thing. I hope so.

My father, Mr. Sloan, is looking to find a permanent residence.

I'm 80.

I mean, I'm... I understand.

You want to be certain your father is in comfortable, pleasant surroundings

where he'll receive the very best care.

Could I see one of the rooms?

Oh, certainly.

Dad, it's your decision. Why don't you go ahead? I'll wait here for you. All

right. If you'll just follow me. Thank you.

Oh, it's lovely.

Just lovely.

Then you'll be considering the Sunrise Institute for your needs.

Well, what are your aerobics classes?

Aerobics classes?

Dancing?

Dancing's good for my joints.

Well, dance classes.

Well, how about jogging?

Do you jog?

You know, perhaps I'm a little lively for your facility here.

We've taken up enough of your very valuable time. We really ought to be

on. Dad.

Well, if your father ever needs a more sedate environment, we're here to serve

you. Thank you. I'll remember that. You've been very kind.

Dad. The person that Dennis Chapin and Dr. Walters are

supporting is Catherine Moore. She's in room 207.

That's upstairs.

She's as beautiful as her mother.

Her name is Catherine.

She was a straight A student at Columbia studying medicine.

She can believe that.

She didn't even know I existed.

Is the coma reversible?

She's had massive brain trauma.

Dennis is her father.

He was married when I met him.

I know I didn't love him, but... I

was missing you.

When I first got pregnant, I had this fantasy that

I would have the baby and I would raise her and we'd be

a family.

So sorry you didn't have that chance.

No.

I wanted a baby because I was lonely.

Because there was no love in my life and I thought a baby would make up for all

that.

When I realized that I wanted a baby for all the wrong reasons.

I did the one unselfish act of my life.

I placed it for adoption with a family that wanted a baby simply to love her.

And they did.

And she loved them.

But I could never let go.

I used to drive by their house.

Hope I get a glimpse of her.

Sometimes I was lucky.

To be playing out in the yard.

And I thought, well, remember, this was my fantasy.

That one day I would open the door and she would be there.

And she would say, I've been looking for you, Mother.

That I would take her in my arms.

Well,

that'll never happen.

Thanks to Jackson Cabot and his drunken hit and run.

He killed her adoptive parents.

He destroyed my daughter.

And he drove off and he never looked back.

He left them to die.

Can't imagine the heartache you've been through.

And then Jackson Cabot covered up what he did.

He was a powerful man, Mark. He could do that.

Dennis found out that he was too afraid of Cabot to do anything.

So, when you were invited to Community General and Jackson Cabot was offered as

a patient for surgery, you accepted and you killed him.

He took your daughter's life.

You took his.

Yes, I did.

And I would do it again.

I'm trying to understand the pain that must have driven you to this.

My God, Rachel, you committed murder.

And you'll never be able to prove it.

I don't see anything.

How you doing?

Serious eye strain.

The tape of her doing the procedure in New York is showing us really nothing at

all.

At least not the last six times that we've watched it.

There.

Look, she finished the procedure. I don't notice any difference between the

Well, the rest of the bad news is she's leaving today.

Hey.

Hey, look at that.

Look at what?

Of course, we've been paying attention to what she did during the procedure.

We haven't paid any attention to what she did when she was finished.

So when is your flight?

Eight o 'clock tonight.

Dr. Bristol, have you seen Dr. Sloan? No, I haven't. One of his patients has

just gone into a severe arrhythmia. Where is he?

Cardiovascular. I'm on it.

Nurse?

Hey.

Hey, you look very familiar. Do I know you?

Lie still and be quiet.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember.

You were on the back stairs the other night.

Relax. You're going to be fine.

Ten cc's of scopolamine. I really want him out.

Get him ready for surgery in 20 minutes. I'll be scrubbing. I want him in OR7.

But he's Dr. Sloan's patient.

He's not going to be anybody's patient if you don't get him ready soon.

Help him.

Okay.

That's it.

The patient needed a pacemaker.

He was suffering from severe arrhythmia. Lucky I was here.

Retractor. The nurse said Bernie recognized you.

Clamp. Clamp. He saw you in the hospital that night.

Sponge.

Sponge. Rachel, listen to me. Dr. Sloan, conversation in the OR interferes with

my concentration.

This is not Jackson Cabot. This man does not deserve to die.

Don't do it, Rachel.

I told you, doctor.

Pulse is dropping.

Pressure's dropping.

Rachel.

Okay, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.

Help me, Mark.

Right here.

Nope, nope, defib, let's go. Paddle, paddle.

Power.

Okay, clear.

Again.

Clear.

Again.

Clear.

Nice rhythm.

Good, in fact.

Good, everybody.

When you're finished here, I have something to show you.

Let's close.

I finally figured out how you did it after I watched the blow -ups of the

operation tapes.

I was looking for something sophisticated.

Something highly technical.

But quite simple.

Here's how you did it.

This is how you switch the clean sponge for the contaminated one.

Simple sleight of hand.

Very clever.

For as far as it goes.

Well, after I realized it's just speculation.

It doesn't go far enough. But this, I think.

This is the tape of the procedure you did in New York last week.

What?

Before you leave the room, you remove your surgical gloves and you toss them

the waste can.

So? But, when you did the Cabot procedure, you

take off your gloves, roll them into a ball,

and toss them in the waste can.

What exactly does that prove?

That's how you got rid of the contaminated sponge.

It was inside the rolled -up gloves.

That's going to be difficult to prove.

Oh, I don't think so.

We've contacted the disposal company. We've impounded the waste cans. Two men

are going through them right now.

We'll find your gloves.

I can't prove they're mine.

Funny thing about surgical gloves.

Your fingerprints are always inside them.

Over radio.

Hey, Jack.

Ready for your big weekend away?

No, Shirley canceled on me. I gotta work.

Aw, gee, that's too bad.

You're working too, right?

No, I'm using Gary's condo this weekend.

What? Yeah, well, Shirley and I decided it'd be fun to go hiking, camping, eat

granola. See you Monday.

You're kidding.

Well, don't imagine I can buy you dinner.

No, I'm sorry. I'm having dinner with Steve.

Or maybe not.

Hey, Dad. Hi.

Judith just got back. Great.

And you two are having dinner together.

Do you mind?

No. Go have a good time.

Later. Bye.

I can't thank you enough for what you did.

You just did.

I'll buy dinner.

Good. We'll grab a bite at Luigi's. We'll go over to my place afterwards.

watch a replay of the Raiders game. Sound good?

Just great.

Me neither.