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I am not bragging.

It says legendary right there in the recipe. You wrote the recipe, Mom. I

inherited the recipe.

Legendary came with it.

You can't tell me to make them and then deny me my own adjective.

I won't deny you your adjective.

Fair enough.

Sorry, I left my place.

Mom?

I'm okay.

Mom?

What's happening?

Are you there?

Thank you for coming, Dr. Byron. Thank you for inviting me, Dr. Watson.

We've been dating for, what, three months now? Give or take. And you have

me all the way. Like, all the way.

When are we going to stop calling each other doctors?

I don't know. How about when it stops being fun?

Okay. This is quite the surprise.

You're supposed to be on your way to Monte Carlo.

I've had my regrets.

But you're the keynote speaker for a genetics conference.

They have 300 geneticists headed their way.

They'll be all right.

Ditching a conference last minute.

Is this like you?

I think it's like me right now.

It's not mine.

Mary?

John, thank God.

It's my mother.

Watson, everything okay?

I'm on my way to U -Hop, Dr. Lovett.

All hands on deck.

You up?

Watson needs a... I'm gonna get my car.

Fell asleep on these.

What happened again?

Mom?

Mom?

Mom, what happened?

Patient collapsed while baking.

Elizabeth Morstan, is that? Mary's mother, yes. She's dekepnic with acute

altered mental status.

Is she having a stroke?

There's no facial droop.

Extremity exam is normal.

Did your brother get to the house yet? The paramedics put himself in with a

hidden key in one of their pockets. The door's locked.

Tell him to take it down.

The three imaginary planes for dividing the human body are? Ah, sagittal,

coronal, and transverse.

Yes. Excuse me, Doreen. Sure.

Are you meant in Dutch craft?

I need to kick through a door, she will.

Oh, great.

So, is it a metal door, wooden door, particle board? I need particulars.

The patient, your mother -in -law?

Edgar's mother -in -law.

Is she experiencing memory loss?

No, I don't think so.

There are notes everywhere.

How to start the car, how to lock the door.

Her respiratory distress is worsening, John. We need something now.

Any cognitive changes?

No, she can teach class tomorrow.

What was she baking?

Nana's legendary cake.

The recipe lists the secret ingredient, one teaspoon only. Don't duplicate.

Those are almond cakes.

Look for a small glass bottle, probably no label. I see it.

Okay, smell it. Don't taste it, just smell it.

Almonds. Bitter almond extract. Very good, Sasha. And why can't we buy bitter

almond extract in stores?

Because it can contain a deadly amount of cyanide. Cyanide poisoning.

The patient's been making her own bitter almond extract. She needs the antidote.

Five grams of hydroxycobalamin. Prepare that in a second dose in case we need to

repeat it.

Oh, thank God. You had us so worried.

He

saved you.

John, I was just telling Mom you saved her life.

Thank you, young man.

It's my pleasure.

Elizabeth, I want to talk to you about some notes that we found in your home.

There was some instructions on how to start your car.

Are you one of my doctors?

Well, I'm just helping out, but I'm interested, of course.

Oh, what do they call you?

Excuse me? I've raised my daughter to respect doctors, young man.

We're not on a first -name basis just yet.

So you don't know who I am?

I don't unless I'm missing something. You and I never met before.

Morning, Shinwell. Morning, Gov. Morning, Dr. Lubbock.

Oh, good morning.

Morning, Dr. Croft. Hey, Watson. Dr. Croft. New scientist wants to interview

you. Certain questions about cloning.

Tell them I send my regrets.

Passing that along, once again, Dr.

Ishikata of Tokyo University. Yeah, we like him. We reached out regarding a

possible collaboration.

Okay, well, tell him I send my regrets.

So is that the official policy of the Holmes Clinic, then? Dr. Watson sends

regrets.

You feeling done, shall I?

By chance?

I mean, after all, the business with Moriarty. We've got patients, Senor.

got three brilliant doctors down there waiting to treat them. Yeah, formerly

four brilliant young doctors.

But your point is well taken.

Mary.

A month ago, Elizabeth Morstan was fine.

Two weeks ago, she couldn't even recognize me.

Where'd you find this?

Got it from your house, Elizabeth.

It's been there for years.

I would know my own son -in -law if I saw him.

She's already experiencing what most doctors would consider moderate to

dementia.

This feels so good.

You're so beautiful.

Are you one of my doctors?

And as of this morning, the patient couldn't even recognize her own

This process should have taken years.

Are we sure it didn't?

Cognitive decline sneaks up on people.

Mary visits her mother two times a week, so you're talking to the medical

director of UHOP, just not noticing.

I don't see it.

We can give you our best assessment, but that's really a question for a

neurologist. If only we had one of those handy.

You can't.

Keep me around here forever.

I'm too young for all this.

I'm sorry. Can you just remind me again, Elizabeth?

How old are you?

I'm 25.

Too young to be hanging around all these doctors.

Why, how old do I look?

It's not a lie. It's not a delusion. It's a confabulation.

Elizabeth Morstan can't remember things past a certain point in her life. She

explains that to herself by concluding that's how old she must be.

A 72 -year -old woman believes she's 25.

Explain how that happens.

Symptoms are typically associated with Korsakoff syndrome.

That's unlikely. She's a non -drinker.

I know we could use a neurologist. That's why I've empowered the three of

help me find one. We've recommended four candidates.

You've rejected them all.

Why don't you just tell us what you're looking for? I'm looking for a world

-class neurologist. No, you're looking for an interesting subject.

Will you please explain this?

You tend to see the world as an experiment in genetics.

Stevens and I, we were interesting because we're twins. Sasha's adopted

rural China into a privileged suburb of Dallas, and Ingrid was an actual

question of good or evil.

How are we supposed to top that? No, I never asked you to top it. No, you just

reject every candidate we send you.

You know the three of us now. You need fresh meat, so why don't you tell us

mystery you're looking to solve, and we'll tell you who to hire.

Jeff. Could use your help. I need a fresh perspective, Shinwell.

From a first -year nursing student.

Go with the twins and examine the patient.

There's been a recent change in her gait. I want to revisit Lewy body

Sasha, help me reorganize everything that we got from Elizabeth's house.

There's something we're not seeing.

Oh, and I'm not done with you three yet, by the way.

Yes, you have proven yourselves to be doctors, true, but you're still full of

mysteries.

What's mine?

Help me find a neurologist and I'll tell you.

A couple of lovely laps.

All right.

You're doing great.

Go on.

Hold on to her compact, Lance.

She thinks she's 25.

How's she going to feel if she gets a look at me?

Anastasia Petrov.

Neuroresidency at Mayo and fellowship at Sloan.

What's her mystery?

Looks like she might have one brown eye and one blue eye.

Isolated heterochromia.

I can hear Watson yawning already.

Madeline Weaver. She played basketball for Penn.

One of the links on her resume said she's 6 '8". A 6 '8 neurologist. That

work.

What do you make of Watson, the country doctor?

We treat patients from all over the world.

When he shut down the lab three months ago, he's not publishing.

Turns down every grant.

I'm sure he's still hurting after Moriarty almost killed us.

Give him time, Stephens. We have given him time.

Watson's been good to us.

Without the research, we're just doctors in the Rust Belt.

I didn't sign up to work at a regional clinic.

How long have you been up?

Two hours.

Let's get a better perspective when everyone is asleep.

What do you want?

It's not a you and me question. We're too new for that.

It's a you question.

I've never heard you say, I want this or I need this.

I've only ever seen you give yourself away.

I can go first, if that helps.

Okay.

I want my son to thrive.

I want my patients to live.

I want one of them to think about me later and remember someone cared about

when they were up against it.

I want my life to mean something.

And...

I want to have the best sex I've ever had to keep from worrying that it

So, that's me.

Layla Bynum.

How about you?

Um... Oh,

I'm sorry, Samaria.

Mother's had a change.

Saved by the buzz.

You owe me a statement of purpose.

Listen, I know this is a lot, but I was with Mary for a long time.

I can handle all of that.

I just want to know what you want.

How are you this morning, Elizabeth?

I'm fabulous. I'm glowing.

That's good. It's good to hear, but I heard you're refusing your medication.

Then that's not good. We need to keep you healthy.

You don't want to fill me with chemicals. You might hurt the baby.

Didn't anyone tell you?

I'm having a baby.

What do you think? I made a list.

Yes, boy.

I see.

She's talking about me, John. I don't have any siblings. I know.

Pregnant with me.

Look at this.

Come take a look.

This right here is your mother's typical handwriting. This is what she wrote

this morning.

You see the difference?

You see the looping and the shaking?

This is motor dysfunction.

It's new.

I'm going to order a kinematic analysis to evaluate the changes.

Why? You think that can change anything? Oh, I think it can change everything

now. It's only a theory. But if I'm right, your mother doesn't have...

Alzheimer's, Lewy body dementia, or any other nightmare diagnosis.

If I am right, this is reversible.

I can bring her back.

We have to get Elizabeth Morrison onto the UNOS list.

She needs a new liver.

What? If I'm right, she doesn't have a neurodegenerative disorder.

Elizabeth has covert hepatic encephalopathy due to undiagnosed

liver. We missed it.

Liver tests can come out normal in the earliest stages of HE.

Cirrhosis. Isn't Elizabeth a non -drinker? She is, but she also has a

type 2 diabetes.

Elizabeth's at risk for developing non -alcoholic fatty liver disease.

That's how she got cirrhosis.

If she has cirrhosis... No, it was a good thing, Mary.

We can reverse her dementia.

First, we'll confirm cirrhosis with a biopsy, but then all we have to do is

treat your mother with lactulose and rifaximin until she gets a new organ.

Hmm.

It was an intense fellowship.

Lots of late nights, lots of dissecting human brains.

Lost the fiancé to the whole deal, if I'm being honest. But would do it again

a heartbeat.

Is there anything else I can tell you? I do have one question, actually. How

tall are you?

5 '8". Is that relevant?

Not at all.

It's one of the links on your resume. It's a 6 '8". It's a typo.

Huh.

5 '8", it's a great height. A perfect height. My own height.

Thank you so much for coming in today, Maddie.

Dr. Watson should have an opening schedule soon.

Please reach out if he does.

She's perfect. She's boring. You don't have to be six foot eight to be

interesting, Stephen. Too often, you do.

Set up the interview. If you like, you'll just turn her down.

Watson said we're all full of mysteries.

What did he mean by that?

Does that matter?

Well, I'd like to know I'm being evaluated.

Does he just want to know if you and me are going to make it?

Is that interesting?

Oh, I mean, it is.

To me, but like on a cosmic scale.

Oh. What?

No, don't look.

It's her.

I don't want to have a conversation.

Steven.

Adam.

And Sasha.

Good to see you all.

Hey, Red.

You're here.

At U -Hop.

Just an appointment?

Don't worry.

I heard you took a job in Portland.

AGH came in with a competitive offer, got my sister set up here, so we stayed.

I read your book.

You did?

Thought it was well done.

Congratulations. Thank you.

You look good.

Thanks.

Tell Lawson I say hi.

Absolutely.

Did it mean it?

Are you suspicious of the good for one?

Suspicious being the operative word.

Are these vitamins?

Yes. They will help you stay healthy.

Let's have a couple more left here.

Do I know you?

You come by every day, but it feels like...

Much more than that.

Yes, my name is John Watson.

Does that mean anything to you?

Well, you take good care of me and Miles. He doesn't come by every day, so

guess that's all I need to know.

So you think you're having a boy?

Call it a mother's intuition.

How long has your stomach been swollen like that?

For some time.

Mind if I take a look?

Sure.

Isn't he beautiful?

Your mother contracted a urinary tract infection. She's responding to the

antibiotics, but her liver function has taken a hit.

The swelling in her abdomen is from worsening ascites.

Mary? She can't wait anymore.

She's an acute liver failure. We need to do a transplant right away.

She's still number four on the unit list. That could be days. It could be

How long does she have? I don't know, but if we wait too long, she could be

unstable for the operation.

Use me.

I want to be a living donor.

Take a piece of my liver and make a directed donation to Mom.

It's my liver, John. It regenerates.

We're family. There's less chance to reject the tissue. Okay, you need to

understand everything... You say this can bring her all the way back, right?

We have to do this. It's her only option.

Okay.

First, we have to be sure that you're a candidate to make that donation.

If everything lines up, then we'll do it as soon as we can.

But like you said, this is only option.

When's the last time you finished a movie?

Listen, this is not fun for me. I get hung up on diagnosing all these crazy

actors. Have you seen some of these? Seriously.

I just talked to the surgeons.

They say I'm a borderline candidate. They won't let me donate because they're

worried my liver isn't big enough to handle it.

Can you give us a second, please?

Sure.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Don't be sorry. Just do your thing.

You push boundaries.

This is what you do. Find me someone.

Find a surgeon who's willing to harvest the tissue.

Can I see your workup?

I know how that looks, but I am a borderline candidate, not a non -viable

I can't do it. I see. When it's something you want, you'll go to any

it's for someone else... No, listen, I agree with Dr. Rao's findings.

Okay, the risks to you, they're just too high.

If you donate, you're at risk for living for yourself.

And we can't lose both of you. I can't lose both of you.

Then she's going to die, John.

My mother is going to die.

John.

Do you recognize me?

How long have I been like this?

You've been sick for a while now.

You're having trouble with your memory.

Mary and I and all of the other doctors here were working to get you better.

I don't think that's going to happen.

Miss Mary, I'm going to say goodbye. No, we're not there yet.

But Mary is here working.

Let me get her for you. I want to see Miles.

You don't have a son, Elizabeth.

It's just Mary.

I guess I don't.

Mary.

Mary.

Your mother wants to talk to you.

She knows where she is.

She's having a moment of clarity with this.

is it necessarily what you think terminal acidity this is what happens to

dementia patients right before they die remember her condition isn't

neurodegenerative we don't know why it happens john you're right but we also

don't know how long it lasts

Hi, Mom.

Do we know each other?

I'm someone who cares about you.

Can we sit together?

You'll be here soon.

Personally, I don't see it.

Ingrid's not really a face value kind of person.

I say she's lying about why she's here. She did have a visitor batch.

I mean, it's not like she makes up stuff 100 % of the time.

May I make a suggestion?

I think we'd all do well to remember that few of us were without sin last

I'd have prayed, Watson.

Dr Croft had a relapse.

It was a fraught time.

Plenty of blame for all kinds.

Now, did Ingrid do wrong? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

But she also came forward with the truth when it mattered most.

She admitted the worst thing she's ever done in front of a room full of people.

She also answered the question that Dr Watson was most concerned with.

Ingrid's brilliant, right?

The question is, is she brilliant like Holmes or is she brilliant like Morrie,

aren't they?

Well, I'd say we know that now.

I'd say we know that for certain.

But for all that, it was Ingrid that lost her spot.

Do you know she's the only one that paid a real price for what happened?

Now, she bothered us in the months since.

No.

She tried to...

Turn the situation to her advantage. No.

Dr. Darian's fine.

She's just fine.

I say we leave her be and focus on our work.

Of course you know about this place.

Why am I not surprised, you know? Well, I do keep an eye on you, guv.

But try not to bug you when you're here.

Man needs a place to think.

Is that what I'm doing?

Elizabeth Morstan keeps a file about a chain of bakeries called the Pastry

Can't figure out why she'd do that.

Shall I tell the fellows you'll be along shortly, then?

The morning meetings. You know, I love them, but sometimes I hate them. You

know, I got a room full of the smartest people I can find all just looking at

me, waiting for direction.

Sounds like a good way to go mad.

Yourself?

I think I'd retreat to my own personal... whatever this place is.

Never come back.

Oh, no, this is, uh... This is the old lobby.

When I was a kid, I used to run through here, go see my doctor.

Tell him I have direction for him, sir.

John, look, mate, I'm not sure that I've thanked you

properly for keeping me on.

Oh, no, you've thanked me.

Comprehensively, daily.

But not properly, though.

I'm not sure that I even can.

It's the third chance that's what you've extended to me.

I'm not sure why.

But I am grateful.

The world needs what you have to give, Shimon.

Look, I know you don't believe that yet. And look, maybe you never will.

But you're kind.

In spite of where you came from, in spite of what you did, you're kind and

care.

Yeah, of course, I mean, it would have been easy for me just to let you go.

But this place needs that.

Your patients need that.

And you owe them everything that's good inside you.

Don't ever forget that.

Not when you're tired, not when you're sad or in a bad mood.

Not ever.

That's your minutes.

Thanks, Scott.

And you're also not allowed to say that anymore.

What?

Thank you. Pardon? Tell the fellows that I will give them some direction this

afternoon, but I got to go.

That place has to be, John. What are we doing here?

1983 was a really good year. You know, Suck It MCs came out.

Sunday in the Park with George. Only you would connect Run DMC with Stephen

Sondheim. 1983 was also the year that you were born.

Mary Elizabeth Morstan.

You were an only child.

Your mother was 29 when she had you.

But in her confabulations, she's 25 and about to have her first baby.

Mom has dementia. She's not going to be consistent.

No, Elizabeth, she's building reality out of what's left in her memory.

And yes, she is in and out of believing that she's pregnant, but every time she

does think that, Elizabeth believes it's 1979 that she's 25.

Where is this going?

You might want to take a sip first.

I'm good, thanks.

I have been doing some research.

Called in a favor of an old homicide detective that I know.

Look at some records.

John, what is it?

I think that your parents got pregnant before they were married.

I believe she had a baby in 1979.

What?

You've got a sibling, Mary.

When they got pregnant, Elizabeth and your father, they had to make a choice.

They knew they couldn't be parents yet, so they gave their child before

adoption.

I know this is a lot, but if I'm right, there's another potential match for your

mother.

Another candidate to make a directed donation.

She would have told me. Your parents, they made a promise.

They found a loving home for their child.

And they didn't interfere.

Meanwhile, your brother, he grew up, succeeded.

I started a loving family of his own.

I've got two chocolate on your mark.

All wonder.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Your name wouldn't be Miles McClung by any chance, would it?

It is.

Do I know you? Not yet.

But I'd like to introduce you to Mary Morstan.

And if I'm right, she's your sister.

What?

Are we being scammed?

Do you believe any of this?

I was married to John Watson for years.

Whatever this is, it's not a scam.

Are you adopted?

Do you happen to have wide thumbnails like maybe you got teased for it?

Me too.

Can you crinkle up your tongue to make it look like a four -leaf clover?

Now, how did you get that?

Because I can do it too.

Those are genetic traits. We have them in common.

Look, I'm not saying John is right, but I've also learned not to bet against

him.

Even if this is true, what am I supposed to do?

Donate my liver to a stranger? Look, I'm not asking you to do that.

I had no idea why I was even coming here today. You're telling me my biological

mother's in the hospital, that she'll die without a directed donation.

You might not be making a specific request, but you're out here asking.

She is dying.

My mother is dying.

Wouldn't you do everything you could to help?

Even if it meant asking a stranger for something you have no right to expect?

I will.

I'm married.

I got two daughters and a son.

This procedure, you're talking about cutting out part of my liver.

There have to be risks.

There are.

The liver regenerates.

But still, something could happen to you while you're under anesthesia.

Even if things go perfectly, your quality of life could be impacted.

All of that for a woman I've never met?

If you were me, wouldn't you put your family first?

The family you know?

I would.

I will pray for your mother.

But I can't help.

My mom's been mentioning you.

I know she wasn't in your life, but she knows about this place.

She knows your name.

If you have time, if you're willing, I'm sure she'd love

a visit.

I'm sorry.

I lashed out.

I can read my own work up.

I know I'm not a candidate for a living donation.

You dug up a brother I didn't even know was out there.

You did everything you could have.

You did everything anybody could have.

I thought of seeing someone not too long ago.

I know.

I'm a detective.

All of this with Mom.

I found our way to our fifth date when it all started.

Annie said she wanted to stick in.

She just kind of drifted away.

I haven't heard from her in two weeks.

When things go bad in a real way, that's when you learn who has that stubborn

streak inside them.

That's when you learn who's really there.

Thank you, John.

Your mother's worth it.

She is.

Excuse me?

I don't know your mother.

I mean, I called my parents.

They confirmed everything that you said.

She gave birth to me.

But I don't know who she is.

If she's asking for me.

If she's dying.

I'd like to sit with her.

I'd like to say a prayer, if that's okay.

Good morning, young man.

How's your world?

Surviving and thriving.

The usual. You know it.

Good morning, young man.

How's your world?

Scratching and surviving.

Good morning, young man.

How's your world?

Surviving and thriving.

The usual.

She came every day.

Your mother, she came to see me every morning.

Six months in, I was going to close the bakery.

She talked me out of it.

Told me to keep going.

She came every single day.

Mom?

What? Hi, honey.

You look tired.

A little bit.

Sorry to interrupt.

My, my.

What are you doing here?

You've been sick, Mom.

He helped you.

Miles saved your life.

Come in, join us.

Actually, I'm not alone, if that's okay.

Come on, baby.

Come meet your Auntie Mary.

There you go.

And this beautiful woman is your grandma.

Oh, look at you. Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my. You made these.

Oh, they're beautiful.

Thank you, thank you. Here you go.

Two options to be the next neurologist.

I think we found the only candidate who's ever going to make you happy.

If you don't find what you're looking for in there, I'm not sure we can help

you, because I'm not sure you know.

I look forward to reviewing the files.

Actually, Watson, what's my mystery?

You still just looking to track an adopted gal from the South?

I think I know who you are by now, Sasha.

You've shown us all.

What is it, then?

You really want me to tell you?

I do, too.

Your mystery is the same as mine. It's the same as everyone's.

So what's going to happen to you next? What are you going to do when it does?

And who are you going to be when it's over?

Something's different about you now.

I let some things go.

Are you doing okay?

I feel like nobody ever asks you that. Doing just great.

Yeah, I can see that.

All right, good night, Watson.

Good night.

I'm not ready for this.

Not today.

Okay.

But this, this is uncomfortable.

It's uncomfortable because this is where the work is.

We've been building towards this.

And I promise you, you're ready.

Ingrid, for the first time in your life, you are surrounded by people like you.

And you still haven't said it out loud.

You came here for a reason.

You want something.

Tell me what it is.

I want my life to stop blowing up.

Okay, well, you want to control your behavior.

That is an important first step.

But you have to name it.

I'm Ingrid.

Ingrid Darien.

I have antisocial personality disorder.

I'm ready to answer your question.

I'm ready to say what I want.

I've been chasing something for as long as I can remember.

A place where I can stand and no one can ever question if my life mattered or if

I made good choices.

I want something amazing for myself, you know.

I got it.

Here's every norm in your brain, and I got it.

But... all of that came at a cost.

Love.

I gave up love.

Took it for granted, and I lost it.

But here I am.

I would say I used to live my life differently.

Sherlock. My dear Watson.