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[upbeat music]

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[cheers and applause]

- Hello again, and welcome to "On the Air with Blair."

I m your host, Blair Bushnell, and today I m talking

to Chef Dave Oberlin.

His brand-new first book, "Healthy Cuisine On the Run,"

is available in stores now.

Thank you so much for being here.

- Thank you for having me.

Always a pleasure to talk about food.

It s my favorite subject.

- So tell us a little bit about the book.

- Everybody wants to eat healthier these days,

so I thought I would focus on the easy-to-prepare recipes

in this book, you know, for the people who always make

an excuse not to eat right.

- Right.

- Hey, you.

- Hey. How d it go in there?

- No complications. Everything looks good.

She s going to be fine.

- Excellent. - Let me grab some breakfast.

I ll be right back. - Okay.

- No more excuses.

- Hey, you know, speaking of excuses,

I would love to hear the one for that video of yours

that went viral on the internet.

- That was six months ago.

I think we re all over it.

- I don t know that we re all over it.

Maybe not the food critic that you hit with a steak.

- I didn t hit him.

I sort of just threw the steak and his face got in the way.

Now, if we could get back to my book.

Number three, experiment with new flavors.

- [sighs] Sorry, I got to go.

- No problem.

- Store or farmer s market, pick up--

- At court you said that the reason you were so upset

was because your fiancée, Maggie, had just dumped you.

Is that true?

- She didn t dump me.

We came to a mutual understanding.

- And how is that going, considering the two of you

were planning on opening a restaurant and lost all of your

investors because of that video?

[audience murmuring]

- I think that went well.

- Are you kidding me, Jeremy?

That was a disaster.

No wonder no one s buying the book.

All they talk about is that stupid video.

- It s human nature.

You know, six months ago you were head chef

at the city s hottest restaurant,

and now you can t even get a job.

You know, people love to see successful people

crash and burn.

- I thought you came here for moral support.

You re not making me feel any better.

- Let me finish.

The only thing people love more than somebody s failure

is watching their comeback, and that s what you need to do.

- And that s what this book was supposed to do.

- Okay, then you need to reinvent yourself,

and I know exactly how to do it.

Come work for me. - At your cooking school?

- Yeah, I just had a teacher drop out

for the upcoming semester.

- Jeremy, I-- I really appreciate it.

I do, but I m not a teacher.

- It s not a permanent thing.

Just--just think of it as short-term.

- [scoffs]

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- Hello, hello.

Sorry I m late.

Been super busy around here.

- Hey, Dr. K. You remember my wife, Vivian?

- Of course. How you doing? - Hi.

- So, Stu, I took a look at your numbers,

and I m afraid your blood pressure s high

and your cholesterol s actually gone up since I saw you last.

Now, I know it s hard, but you can t eat like a kid anymore.

The hospital gives a weekly class on healthy eating.

Mabel, our nutritionist, can help you put together a plan.

The class starts in an hour.

I d feel a lot better if you checked it out.

Tell Mabel I m your doctor, okay?

- Okay.

All right, have a good lunch, Doc.

- No more bacon cheeseburgers. Okay?

♪ ♪

- Why are you eating that?

I m grossed out, and I operated on a brain this morning.

- I got here so late they were out of everything else,

and the salad bar had nothing but those nasty green peppers.

- [sighs]

My parents have a layover here on their way to Hawaii,

and Luke s never met them before.

- That s a big step.

- I know. I really want them to like him.

Every time they re in town, he has to work late.

My mom thinks he s imaginary.

- They ll love him.

He s perfect for you.

- I used to think so, but I--I don t know,

lately he s been canceling on me.

- Startups are tough.

Things will settle down.

Where d you get that, anyway?

- Are you asking me if I m stressed

or if you can have some of my salad?

- Mm, both?

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[whispering] Thank you.

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Mmm, this is delicious.

- You know, you could make that yourself in, like, five minutes.

- If I had five minutes.

[pager beeping]

And I don t.

I have a meeting with Ed Paulson right now.

- Don t.

You re better than that.

- [sighs]

both: Oh!

- [laughing] Oh, I m so sorry.

- That s okay, as long as the dermatologists here

don t think I have a dandruff problem.

- I ll vouch for you.

- I didn t think you doctors ate this sort of thing.

- Usually we don t, but I m in kind of a hurry, and--

- Your husband forgot to pack your lunch?

- I m not married.

- Surveys show that single people eat 35% less healthy

than married ones.

- You just made that up.

- Could be true.

- You know, for somebody so concerned with health,

maybe you shouldn t be walking and texting at the same time.

You could end up-- - In the hospital?

- Excuse me. I ve got work to do.

- It was nice running into you.

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[groans] Okay.

- Really? Me?

- You re doing a great job, Nina, and I think you would make

a wonderful chief resident.

- I ll take it.

- Well, I m not finished yet.

As you know, the board has to approve all of our promotions.

Now, half of the board loves you

and half of the board feels that you need a bit more experience,

so here s the thing.

Beverly Beckingham has the deciding vote.

- The Beverly who wanted the therapy cat program?

- The money she brings into the hospital means that

we have to take her seriously.

So her latest project is to replace our nutritionist, Mabel,

and to bring in a celebrity chef,

have them perform healthy eating seminars, do demonstrations,

those sorts of things, and so to win her vote,

you are going to put the program together, and you can start that

by attending Mabel s seminar today.

- Why today?

- Because Beverly is going to be there, and apparently she has

some sort of surprise in store for us, and knowing Beverly,

that could be anything.

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[plastic rattling]

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- Good afternoon, everyone.

For those of you who don t know me,

my name is Beverly Beckingham, and I am a proud member

of the board of directors here at the hospital.

[applause]

- Why are you here? You already know how to cook.

- I came for the free samples.

- Thank you, thank you. [chuckles]

Our Mabel couldn t be here today, but we are so lucky

to have my favorite chef.

I was a regular at his restaurant before--

well, before, and now I am completely obsessed

with his new book full of healthy recipes.

They re so easy that even my private chef

can make them at home.

[laughter]

Please, everyone, give a warm welcome to Dave Oberlin.

[applause]

- Thank you very much, Ms. Beckingham.

- Oh, you can call me Beverly.

- Thank you guys so much for having me.

So healthy cooking is all about execution,

and I m not talking about what happened to this bird.

[laughter]

So now I will need a volunteer.

How about the reluctant doctor in the back?

Come on.

- Oh, no. - Come on.

Let s give her a hand.

[applause]

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So, Dr. Kirby, do you like to cook?

- I don t really have time to--

- Exactly, and so what I m gonna do is teach you

a few shortcuts to help.

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What is the healthiest, the most flavorful thing

you can put into the pan?

Your choices are margarine, butter, vegetable oil,

canola oil, or olive oil.

- Is this a trick question?

- Tick, tock, Doc.

You said you didn t have time to cook.

You got to make quick choices.

[no audible dialogue]

- Olive oil.

- [quietly] I saw you cheat.

So olive oil it is.

So let s just put a little drizzle in the pan.

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Very nice.

Now some lemon juice.

- Lemon juice.

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- Very good.

Red pepper.

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Finally, some minced garlic.

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We ll add the chicken,

and with vegetables you have a meal that s under 600 calories.

That s great.

- Mm.

- Thank you so much, Dr. Kirby.

- Thank you.

[applause]

- Doctors, huh?

I should have asked her what golf club to use.

[laughter]

All right, so next--

[phone ringing]

- [groans] Hey, honey.

- Hey, baby.

Okay, so I checked the flight information,

and my parents have to leave by 6:00.

- Oh, yeah, about that.

- Don t tell me. - I m sorry, Liv.

I had a meeting from next week moved up to today.

I might be a little late.

- Luke, please promise you won t flake on me this time.

- I ll be there.

We ll talk soon.

Love you.

[phone line beeping]

- All right, bye, guys.

See you soon.

- Okay, we love you.

- He loves me.

- Dr. Kirby?

- Not quite finished embarrassing me yet?

- I m sorry. I didn t mean to.

Powdered donuts for lunch, huh? [pager beeping]

- It s been real nice talking to you,

but I have to go meet with a patient.

- Hope you re not giving diet tips.

- Look, I know you re good at your job,

but let s not pretend you know anything about mine, okay?

- Eric, I am gonna put you in my will

if you help me bust out of here.

- [chuckles] You got it.

- Uh-oh, it s the warden.

Cool it. Shh.

- Don t think of it as a prison, Mrs. Cosworth.

Think of it this as a beautiful hotel.

- Yes, and I am the concierge.

- You even get room service.

- I will be back very soon, Mrs. C.

- Darling, mint for my pillow.

- I m on it.

- Hey.

I ve got some not-so-great news.

[solemn music]

The surgery didn t take.

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You ll need a transplant.

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

Well, you re not gonna give me

one of those baboon hearts, are you?

- I d be happy to get anything.

I m trying to move you to the top of the list,

but I ll be honest, it won t be easy.

Now, we have every reason to be optimistic, but--

- Next of kin, right?

It s okay.

You can say it.

♪ ♪

- Is there anyone we need to call?

- Well, it would have been Walter, wouldn t it?

But he s gone,

so...

no, I guess not.

- No siblings, nieces, nephews?

♪ ♪

- I have a daughter.

- Oh, I didn t know.

- She lives out here,

but--no, you know,

I don t-- I don t think we should.

- You haven t told her you re sick?

- [scoffs]

I haven t told her anything.

♪ ♪

Heather and I haven t spoken for years.

- Oh, I m very sorry,

but if it s easier for me to call her, I d be happy--

- No. I need a heart doctor.

I don t need a family therapist.

♪ ♪

- You need to get some rest.

I ll check on you soon.

♪ ♪

Hey, do me a favor and find a phone number

for Mrs. Cosworth s daughter.

Her name is Heather.

- I m an RN, not a PI.

- I ll owe you one.

- All right.

- Thanks.

- Oh, Nina, I don t think you ve been formally introduced.

This is Beverly Beckingham.

- Ms. Beckingham, what a pleasure to meet you.

- You re the volunteer from Chef Dave s demonstration.

I think you need this more than I do.

- Beverly, let s go see how the new plants

on the patio look.

- ♪ Hey ♪

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- Ah, fresh air.

[inhales]

She s awfully young, that girl.

I assume that s the one you want to make chief resident.

- Nina was at the top of her class at Stanford Med.

Her patients love her.

Even the nurses like her.

- The nurses hate all you doctors.

The chief resident needs to be a leader.

- Yes, and Nina takes initiative as well as anyone.

In fact, Nina came to me and asked if she could put together

your healthy eating seminars.

- Do you think she could get Chef Dave to teach it?

- That is exactly who Nina said she wanted.

- His cookbook changed my life, you know.

- Yeah, so if Nina could get Chef Dave on board,

would that sway your vote?

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- ♪ Hey ♪

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- Thank you very much. - You re welcome.

- Nina, so what did you think of Beverly s special guest chef

at the cooking demonstration?

- I don t really have much of an opinion about him.

- Hmm.

I suggest you get one because Beverly is expecting you

to convince him to teach the healthy cooking class here

at the hospital, and remember, without Beverly s support,

you won t get your promotion to chief resident.

Listen, Nina, I know you can do this,

but Beverly needs to know too, so just put this together

and show her that you can be a real leader.

- I guess I don t really have a choice, do I?

- Well, I could always try to find another candidate.

He s teaching a class tomorrow at the Monroe School.

- No.

Okay.

- I can t thank you enough for taking this job, Dave.

- Eh, don t thank me yet.

This could go about as well as that TV interview did.

- [laughs]

- I, uh, thought I should say thank you.

- Thanks, man. - Yeah.

- You know, if you decide you like teaching,

I could sure use a partner.

Maybe you d consider a full-time position?

- I m a chef, Jeremy.

- You d still be a chef.

It d just be here instead of a restaurant.

- I don t think so.

I m looking for another restaurant.

I got a couple feelers out.

Chez Fabienne is looking for a new executive chef.

I m trying to get an interview there.

- All right, well, at least I got you for one class.

- Yeah, and that s it.

Then I m going back to work.

I don t care if I have to be a line cook.

[light instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- Can I help you?

- I ll have the classic, please.

- Okay. - Thank you.

- Step away from the street meat.

- I have rounds in ten minutes.

It s this or nothing.

How d it go with Luke last night?

- Oh, he stood me up again,

humiliated me in front of my parents.

- What did he say when you talked to him?

- He hasn t returned any of my calls, so I broke up with him.

- Over voicemail?

- I was so upset, I didn t know what else to do.

Never gonna see him again.

- Ooh, never say never.

- Luke, what are you doing here?

- I want to make up for last night.

My meeting ran late and my phone died,

so I couldn t call you.

- I left you a million messages.

- I know, and I got them today.

Those last ones weren t very nice.

- You made a fool of me again in front of my parents.

- Let me take you to lunch.

- Are you kidding?

I have to see patients all afternoon,

and I ve got a cooking class with Nina.

I--I can t do this.

♪ ♪

- I really messed up this time.

- You should have called her.

She thinks you don t care.

- Relationships are hard work.

- Mm.

- [laughs]

- Bye.

[laughs]

[sniffing]

Mmm.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

[phone clicking]

♪ ♪

- Beautiful place.

- Pete, I wanted to show you this house

before it came on the market.

[phone ringing]

Oh, excuse me.

[phone ringing]

♪ ♪

This is Heather.

♪ ♪

Hello?

♪ ♪

Is anybody there?

♪ ♪

That s weird. - Wrong number?

- I guess if it s important, they ll call back, right?

- Yeah, just as long as you weren t poaching

one of my clients.

Come on, they always fall for that charming smile of yours.

- You are too sweet.

- Yeah, well, you won t be saying that when I make

your client throw in that new roof.

- [sighs]

- Huh?

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- It ll be good, though.

- Yeah, I m glad that you came.

- Okay, those guys in the back?

Checking us out.

- Because you keep staring at them.

- I just want to apologize in advance.

I ve started a lot of grease fires in here,

so make sure you know where all the exits are.

- [laughs]

- [laughs] - Yeah.

I m Olivia.

This is Nina.

- I m Hayden.

♪ ♪

- Hi, remember me?

- From the hospital.

You here about the dry cleaning bill?

Powdered sugar s pretty tough to get out.

- I actually wanted to talk to you about something else.

- Can it wait till after class?

- Uh, Henry can t find the pilot light.

- That s not an oven.

♪ ♪

- You may not be the worst student in class.

- All right, I m only staying here until I talk to Dave

about the seminars.

- Oh, come on. It ll be fun.

- I can t take the time for this.

I still have research to do for one of my patients

for a consultation tomorrow.

- Oh, well, you certainly can t manage that and cook.

- Sure I can.

♪ ♪

It s called multitasking.

- Well, I think I m gonna like this class.

You know, at least we get a couple hours away from

the stress in our lives.

Oh, no.

[mellow music]

♪ ♪

Stop stalking me.

- My grand romantic gesture didn t work,

so I m making time for you.

- Taking this class doesn t prove anything.

- It s a start.

- Look, I know you don t like cooking.

Don t waste your time here.

- Look, there s nothing I would rather be doing

than spend time with you.

I mean, maybe I ll learn to cook you dinner.

- Too little too late.

- I m not giving up on this class or on us.

- It s great.

Good work, guys. Nice presentation too.

[upbeat instrumental music]

Looks good.

That rice pilaf is very aromatic.

♪ ♪

This looks great.

You know, if you poach it in vegetable stock,

it doesn t add extra calories.

Just go ahead and try this.

It s really good.

Who made the salmon?

- I did. - And what about the brown rice?

- Also me, and I grilled the asparagus.

- Nina. - Hmm?

- What was your contribution?

- I arranged the asparagus

in order of length.

- All right, guys, time s up.

You all did great work tonight.

The salmon was excellent.

So for next week, we re gonna work on healthy side dishes.

All right, have a good night.

- Good night, Dave. - Good night.

- You too, thanks.

♪ ♪

- Okay, I ve stayed through class.

Now will you talk to me?

- Fine.

- My hospital is thinking of expanding that lecture you did

into a series of seminars for patients and the community.

- I m sorry, I-- I appreciate the thought,

but I m not gonna have time for something like that.

- Beverly Beckingham, you remember her,

she s on the board, and she really wants you.

- Maybe I can donate a few of my books.

- If you won t do it, we don t have a program.

- Well, then I guess you don t have a program.

- You d be helping a lot of people, including my patients.

We could work together on it.

- Work with you?

You spent the whole class texting.

- I wasn t texting; I was doing research for a patient

I m seeing tomorrow.

- Cooking requires your full attention.

- I could have made the salmon if I had the time.

- Ah, I doubt it.

Even if you took this class seriously, you d still fail.

- So if I passed, would you do the seminars?

- Oh, I ll just say yes because you re not gonna pass.

- I was top of my class in med school.

I can learn to make a lasagna.

- Okay.

You got yourself a deal.

♪ ♪

- Hmm.

All right.

♪ ♪

Well, Stu, your blood pressure s a little lower,

but your cholesterol doesn t seem to be responding

to the meds.

- So Doc, why don t you give me some stronger meds?

- You know what?

Why don t you try some of these recipes?

[instrumental music]

- "Healthy Cuisine On the Run"?

What, does this guy want me to run too?

[sighs]

- No, but if you could walk for a half hour a day,

that would be awesome.

- All right, Doc, for you I ll do it.

- Make sure he does it. - I will.

- Oh, she will.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Mmm.

♪ ♪

It s perhaps an obvious choice,

but the flavor is very good, richer.

You used thigh meat.

- And a very nice pinot noir.

- Mm.

♪ ♪

Mmm.

♪ ♪

This may be the very best coq au vin I ve ever had.

You clearly have the talent we re looking for.

- Merci.

[both chuckle]

- It s obvious that you are a very gifted chef,

Monsieur Oberlin,

but I must be honest with you.

My investors are concerned about your incident.

- I understand.

My fiancée broke off our engagement at dinner service.

- Oh, no.

- We were trying to talk about it,

and I kept getting interrupted by someone

complaining about my food.

- Oh.

- I--I lost my temper.

- [chuckles]

And then called the city s top food critic an idiot.

- I apologized, but no one bothered to upload that clip.

- He was clearly baiting you that night.

- And I fell for it.

- I tell you what I will do.

Let me talk to my investors, tell them what you ve told me,

and perhaps we can arrange a meeting,

maybe serve them some of this.

- That would be great.

- Hey. - Hey.

Uh, Mrs. Hansen called again.

- Oh. - Can you squeeze her in today?

I know you ve got appointments all afternoon.

- I can see her at 3:00 while Mr. Bell s having his EKG.

- Perfect.

Oh, and before I forget, one Heather Cosworth-Wilson,

real estate agent.

I found her number on the company website.

- You re the best.

- I know.

- Mm.

- [laughs]

[elevator dings]

- What are you doing here?

I m trying to move on.

- Radiology s interested in one of my systems.

I can t come here and not see you.

- Yes. Yes, you can.

And taking that cooking class doesn t make up

for what you did.

- Look, I m really sorry.

- [scoffs] - I ll see you tonight in class.

- Yeah, right.

- I will be there, I promise.

♪ ♪

- Hey, look.

I got to be honest with you.

I am showing you, you know, really the worst possible way

to cook pork chops, in a pan like this.

But if you pay attention...

- What are you watching?

- Beverly s adamant about Dave teaching those seminars,

so I ve got to pass his class to get him to do it.

- So your promotion hinges on you learning how to cook?

- Seasoning is important...

- [laughs]

- If I learned how to perform heart surgery,

I can probably figure out how to make a pork chop.

- Listen, Miss Julia Problem Child,

it is not that easy.

- You ll see.

You re in for a shock.

- So when I interviewed the queen, I asked her,

"Who cleans up after the corgis?

Is it the royal pooper scooper?"

- I hate to interrupt one of your stories

for a boring old exam.

Sorry. - Come on.

- Hasn t quit on me yet, Doc.

- Let s see.

- So your job must be very stressful.

- Mm.

- What do you do for fun?

- Well, I wouldn t call it fun, but I m taking a cooking class.

♪ ♪

- So any news about the new heart?

- No, but that could change at any second.

I got this from the transplant board.

The minute we get one, they ll call me.

- Look, you don t have to sugarcoat this, Doc.

I ve had a good run, covered some of the biggest moments

in modern history for some of the world s greatest magazines.

- I know, but I m hoping you get to enjoy your retirement

for a while.

- Lunch is served.

- Ooh.

♪ ♪

Wow.

[sizzling]

- I don t understand.

I followed every step of that video.

- I watch music videos.

Doesn t make me a guitar player.

- Let s just get this out of here before the fire department

shows up.

- What happened to getting promoted because you work hard

and save people s lives?

- It s only a seminar program.

You got this.

- A promotion, huh?

I knew there was more to this.

- I m really doing this for my patients,

but now that I m here, I suppose my skills

could be a little better.

- You think?

- It s only my second class.

- Yeah, and you can t be bothered to learn the basics.

Now, Henry s killing it down there, and he can t see

out of one eye.

- I don t know all of your secret cooking tricks.

- Preheating a pan is not a secret.

You put some oil in the pan.

You heat it up for a few seconds.

All right, no one s doing brain surgery in here.

- Olivia here is actually a brain surgeon.

- If you think this class is such a joke,

I ll find someone who actually wants your spot.

- We had a deal.

I m not quitting.

- We ll see.

♪ ♪

- Girl, just do what I do.

- Slice against the grain.

[izzling]

[phone ringing]

- Hey, it s Luke.

What?

Right now?

Oh, no, no, no, no, I can t.

I m already late for my cooking class.

Yeah, my cooking class.

No, I understand that you need the reports.

It s just that I already made a promise.

♪ ♪

Okay.

♪ ♪

Sure.

Fine.

Just email me the files.

I ll go over them right now.

[phone clicks]

[sighs]

- All right, guys. That was great.

Most of you did very well tonight.

But let s remember, cooking comes from the heart,

so how many of you have ever bonded over a family recipe

or baked cookies to cheer up a friend?

Great.

All right, so for next week, we re gonna make a dish

that s very special to you and try and make it healthy,

and the ramen noodles you had in medical school don t count.

- [scoffs]

- All right, I ll see you guys next week.

Good job.

- Good night, Chef. - Good night.

♪ ♪

- Oh, it s on.

♪ ♪

- You looking for someone?

- Um, no.

I guess not.

♪ ♪

- Dave was just being a little hard on you guys.

- Yeah, well, Nina doesn t have the best attitude, so...

- Yeah, cooking s a lot harder than it looks,

but you seem to know what you re doing.

Maybe you could give me some pointers?

♪ ♪

- Hey. - Hey.

- So you ready for the break?

- Yes. - All right.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

- [sighs] - Hello.

- I thought you were bringing clients.

- They are on their way.

Wow, this place looks great.

You look great.

- Thank you. [phone ringing]

Oh, sorry.

- Sure. I m just gonna look inside.

- Okay.

[phone ringing]

This is Heather.

- Heather, hi.

This is Dr. Nina Kirby from Conley Hospital.

I m taking care of your mom.

Do you have a minute to talk?

- Uh, yeah, sure.

- I m sorry to bother you, but the thing is we ve been

kind of having a hard time tracking down any family

she may have.

She didn t really want me to call you, but--

- Yeah, well, my mom and I are not exactly close.

- That s why I m calling.

I thought you would want to know that your mother is very ill.

♪ ♪

- Uh, what s wrong?

- It s her heart,

and unless she gets a transplant,

she doesn t have much time left.

♪ ♪

- Thank you for calling, Dr. Kirby, but the truth is

whatever I had to say to my mother I said a long time ago.

- I know she would love to see you.

- Listen, I have to go.

Thank you for calling.

Bye.

[phone line beeping]

♪ ♪

- Is everything all right?

- I don t know.

♪ ♪

[phone line trilling]

- Hey, you ve got Luke s voicemail.

Leave me a message.

[phone beeps]

[knocking on door]

- Come in.

- Are you okay? I got your text.

- This is impossible.

Why can t I cook?

Did some chef put a hex on me?

[quirky music]

- That s your emergency?

♪ ♪

Oh, I m sure we can salvage it.

♪ ♪

I take that back.

- Dave wanted us to pick a dish that had meaning.

I tried to make tacos, had a great story about

our first family vacation to Mexico.

- I can t save this.

- If I show up with nothing, Dave won t do the seminars.

- You want me to make you a dish.

- Well... - Pretty sure that s cheating.

- Cheating is taking the medical boards for me.

Think of this as you cooking me dinner,

and I just get to take the leftovers to class.

- Oh, you so owe me.

- I know.

♪ ♪

I w--

♪ ♪

- Let s go to my house.

- Dish looks amazing, guys.

Good work.

I got to say, I m really impressed.

Everyone s dishes look amazing.

A quiche.

What does this dish mean to you?

- Uh, my first family vacation was to France.

- Oh, where in France?

- Lorraine, of course.

This is exactly the quiche they serve in Lorraine.

- Except in Lorraine, the quiche they make has bacon in it.

- This was an American restaurant in Lorraine.

- Well, despite the holes in your story,

the quiche is excellent.

So how d you make it healthy?

- Egg whites, uh, vegetables,

low-fat cheese, of course.

- And what seasoning?

[no audible dialogue]

- Parsley.

- And?

- Sage, rosemary, and thyme?

- I know Olivia made the dish.

You have to find a new partner.

- Looks like everybody s already paired up, so--

- We could use a third.

- Why don t you go down there with Luke and Sam.

- [sighs]

- We ll work with Nina.

We re both beginners.

- I ll work with Nina, make sure she does her own work.

For next week s assignment, I m gonna have you get with

your partner and make a healthy dinner menu.

We re gonna do appetizers and entrees, all right?

[instrumental music]

- Grab the fork.

- Well, this should be fun, Liv.

What do you want to make?

- Better life choices.

♪ ♪

- Hey.

Good news.

My Midwest transplants are ready to make an offer on this place,

all cash.

- That s great, Pete.

- Wow, okay.

A cash offer usually has you jumping up and down.

What s wrong?

- It s just some family stuff.

I ll be fine.

- Okay.

Well, hey, I was about to go grab a bite if you wanted

to talk over the offer or, you know, anything else.

- Thanks.

Um, maybe some other time, okay?

We ll talk about the house tomorrow.

- Sure.

[light piano music]

♪ ♪

[plastic rattling]

- [gasps]

Ed, how s my healthy cooking seminar coming along?

Is Chef Dave signed on?

- Um, I m--I m sure that Nina has it covered.

- Good.

I ve been telling the rest of the board how excited

Chef Dave is to join us.

Wouldn t want them to think I m some kind of whackadoodle.

- Nobody would ever think that, Beverly.

Never ever, ever.

Your hat looks just stunning today.

- Thank you so much for coming.

I look forward to hearing from you.

- Thanks. - Have a good day.

- You too.

You like it? - Yeah.

♪ ♪

- Heather?

- I m sorry, the open house is just ending,

but I d be really happy to give you just a quick little tour.

- I m Dr. Kirby. We spoke on the phone.

I came to talk about your mother.

- Then you re wasting your time.

- Just hear me out.

♪ ♪

Lynn needs to hang on until we get a heart.

♪ ♪

Seeing you would really lift her spirits.

- I wish she cared that much about me when she was well.

- Your mother loves you very much.

♪ ♪

- I wouldn t know.

My grandmother raised me while my mom traveled the world.

- Whatever happened between you two, your mother regrets it.

♪ ♪

You could get to know who she is now,

but you don t have much time.

[phone ringing]

- You re right.

I have a client, so excuse me.

[phone ringing]

♪ ♪

[knocking on door]

♪ ♪

- Where s Sam?

- Henry s partner dropped out, so Sam s gonna be working

with him now.

- Just my luck.

Okay, let s get this over with.

I m thinking caprese salad and a Cornish game hen.

- I love your caprese salad.

Why you taking a cooking class again?

You should be teaching it.

- I shouldn t tell you.

- Come on, no secrets.

- I thought it would be a fun way to meet guys.

♪ ♪

- Wow.

You were gonna start dating?

- Figured if I met somebody new, it d give me a reason

not to get back together with you.

- I didn t realize I made such a mess of things.

- I don t want to talk about this right now, okay?

Can we just make the salad?

- Yeah.

We can just make the salad.

Just two friends making a salad.

♪ ♪

[phone line trilling]

- Fabienne, hi. How are you?

Uh-huh.

No, no, no, no, I-- I completely understand.

I mean, they re investors.

They need to know what they re investing in, right?

Yeah, I would have enjoyed working with you too.

I guess it just wasn t meant to be.

Yeah, thank--thank you for trying.

Uh-huh.

Au revoir.

♪ ♪

- Hey.

- Hey. Hi.

- Sorry I m late. I had traffic on the way here.

- I thought you were standing me up.

- So what are we making?

- What are you making?

You re supposed to come with some ideas.

And where are the ingredien--

- Yeah, I didn t have time.

- Nina, you said you were gonna start

taking this class seriously.

- I m sorry.

I had to run an errand for a patient.

- Well, it s fine. You don t have to explain.

- Well-- - I m actually relieved.

- You want an idea?

I got one.

Chicken cordon bleu.

- It s not exactly a healthy cuisine.

- Well, maybe we can figure out a way to make it healthy.

- Yeah, maybe we can.

Let me see what I have in the storage fridge.

- Okay. - Be right back.

[light instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- Okay, what do you think?

- Let s see.

I ll take this one.

- ♪ Three cold nights before I felt the sunrise ♪

- Too much basil?

- Mmm. Mm-mm.

It s perfect.

Perfect. - Good.

- Mmm.

- ♪ That warm night in your eyes ♪

- [in high-pitched voice] Don t make that oven too hot.

- [laughing]

- [grunting]

- [laughing]

Okay, you could get salmonella that way.

- Luckily I know a good doctor.

- [chuckles]

Hey, remember that time when I got the flu

and you had to take care of me?

- How could I forget?

Proving that doctors make the worst patients.

- Okay, well, your chicken soup was so salty,

I could barely put my shoes on.

- [laughs]

True.

Maybe it s a good idea I m taking this class.

I got an idea.

How about I cook dinner for you this weekend

and you can tell me how I m doing?

- I don t know.

Maybe.

- Maybe yes?

- Maybe.

[phone rings]

- What s up? - [scoffs]

- I can t talk right now.

I thought he was supposed to come in tomorrow.

Okay.

Text me the address.

♪ ♪

My client came in a day early.

- Go.

♪ ♪

I don t know why I thought things would be different.

- Oh, add some garlic.

- So have you given any thought to teaching the seminars?

- Garlic, not garlic powder.

- Don t they both end up tasting the same?

- No, fresh garlic is completely different.

Every ingredient has its own purpose.

It s like an orchestra.

If you take the string section out, it doesn t sound the same.

- It s not like I m in surgery.

- Yeah, maybe that s part of the problem.

- Or maybe you re just taking all this a bit too seriously.

- You know, you might be the worst student I ve ever had.

- Just because you got rejected from some job,

don t take it out on me.

- So you were listening.

- Not on purpose.

[dramatic music]

- You know what?

Don t worry about the assignment, all right?

If you think this class is such a joke, don t come back.

♪ ♪

Good-bye.

- Good-bye.

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

- You can take the aprons home,

just remember to bring them back.

- Oh, sorry. I guess I forgot.

- Oh, that s all right.

You re that doctor, right?

Dave s spoken about you.

- Yeah, I ll bet, and probably not well.

He kicked me out of class.

- What?

- He was upset.

I guess he didn t get some job.

- Huh, he didn t get it.

I guess that video s not going away anytime soon.

- What video?

- Just show up for the next class.

I m sure it ll all be forgotten.

- Bye.

♪ ♪

Chef Dave Oberlin.

[hums]

- I mean, look at this steak. This is ridiculous.

I said medium-rare.

This is not medium-rare, and the quality of the meat

is appalling.

There were still marks on it

where the jockey was hitting it.

- Yeah, well, you don t know anything about steak.

You see this? This is medium-rare.

I m not re-firing my food every time some idiot

doesn t know what he s eating.

- Idiot?

- [gasps]

- Geez.

[laughter]

- It s not medium-rare.

[quirky music]

♪ ♪

- Okay, uh, I think my clients are gonna make a counter offer.

Your seller will have to upgrade the plumbing though.

- I m sorry, what?

- The plumbing, it--

are you okay?

You just haven t really seemed yourself lately.

- My mom s in the hospital.

[solemn music]

It doesn t look good.

- Then what are you doing here?

- It s complicated.

I haven t spoken to my mom in quite some time.

- Look, I don t know what it s like to lose a parent.

I mean, wouldn t you at least want to say something to her?

- I don t know.

♪ ♪

I mean, I feel like a lot of what I want to say

is best left unsaid.

♪ ♪

- I m really pleased with your progress, Stu.

Keep it up.

All right, I ll see you back here in a month,

and call me on my cell if you have any questions.

- Thanks, Doc. - Thank you.

- [exclaims]

- Nina, how is the presentation coming?

You were working on getting some sample menus from Chef Dave.

- Sample menus, right.

- Yes, Beverly is very excited.

Do you have anything that I can show her yet?

- Uh, I ve been talking to Dave quite a bit.

We had a really big discussion last night.

I ll write something up as soon as I can.

- Good, cause remember, I m backing you

for the chief resident position, so I am counting on you

to make me look good.

- Mm-hmm.

[instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- Thank you for your help.

- Sure.

At least we didn t have to break in.

You know, usually when I go into a stranger s home,

I have permission.

- My mom always keeps her spare key under that fake rock.

- Wow, she covered the royal wedding?

- Yeah, she was everywhere except where I needed her to be.

- She interviewed the president?

- Four of them.

- Wow.

She must have some great stories.

[dramatic music]

- She loves to read her own press.

That s why she takes that book with her everywhere.

♪ ♪

- Hey, what are these?

♪ ♪

- Letters.

♪ ♪

I used to write her every time she would go away.

I had no idea she kept those in here.

♪ ♪

- Maybe you re closer than you think.

♪ ♪

- One. - Cool.

Hey, thanks for helping with the inventory, man.

- Yeah, no problem.

- You know, I ran into that doctor lady the other night.

She says you kicked her out of class?

- Yeah.

Someone that smart should know how to follow a simple recipe.

- Is that what it is?

- Be happy if she respected cooking.

- Okay, then.

Teach her.

[light instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- I don t think I have ever heard about anybody

flunking a cooking class before.

- At least it didn t turn into a food fight.

He was pretty angry though.

- Well, look at it from his point of view.

These chefs, they train for years.

They work their way up.

They put in incredible hours.

Not that different from a doctor.

- I guess not.

- So how would you feel if you had all this knowledge

and your patients didn t listen to you?

- My patients don t listen to me.

- [laughs]

- Well, this is a surprise.

♪ ♪

- Heather.

- I should let you two catch up.

♪ ♪

- Hi, Mom.

♪ ♪

I brought you some stuff from your house.

- Oh, you remembered where I live.

Yeah, I m just--I m surprised because you never

come to visit me.

♪ ♪

- If I knew you were sick, I would have come.

- It didn t happen when I was healthy.

I didn t think a heart attack was gonna make any difference.

- You weren t exactly there for me

when I needed you.

When I was going through my divorce?

- You didn t even let me know anything was happening

until it was too late.

- When was I supposed to let you know?

Even as a kid, you were halfway around the world.

- Heather, if you have come here to yell at me--

- I cannot forgive you for everything

just because you re sick.

You know what? This was a mistake.

I m sorry.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Nice.

So who made the caprese salad and who made the hen?

- Oh, well, we both started it together,

but then Luke had to leave as usual.

[instrumental music]

- Okay. [chuckles]

Moving on.

♪ ♪

All right, let s see what we got here.

Give this a little try.

♪ ♪

It s really good.

It s a little safe.

- Uh, not if there s a wet floor when you re cooking.

♪ ♪

- Good job, guys. - Thanks, Chef.

- Welcome back.

- You can t get rid of me that easy.

I present chicken cordon bleu.

- Wow.

All right, let s give it a try.

♪ ♪

The chicken s cooked nice.

It s a very good attempt at a very difficult dish.

- Okay.

- Okay?

That s gonna be your first compliment ever,

and I don t get a yay or a whoo-hoo?

- I m not a "whoo" girl, and you d never settle

for a good attempt at anything.

How do I make it great?

- You really want to learn?

- If you re serious about teaching me.

- Serious as a heart attack.

Probably not the best thing to say to a cardiologist.

Sorry.

♪ ♪

- Look, I-- I cleared my weekend plans.

Let me cook you dinner.

[phone buzzing]

Uh, maybe not this weekend.

I got a huge meeting on Monday.

How s Tuesday?

- You know what, Luke?

You do you.

This just isn t working for me anymore.

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

- Olivia.

My scallops came out rubbery.

Do you know anything about shellfish?

- Yeah, scallops can be tricky.

- Well, I d like to have some tips.

I ll buy you dinner.

- Do you actually want cooking advice

or are you asking me out?

- Okay, you got me.

I m asking you out.

♪ ♪

- Goodnight, Dave.

- So how do I make this the best chicken cordon bleu

you ve ever had?

- Ooh, that s a tough one.

This dish took me a lot of years to perfect,

but you can start by not using store-bought breadcrumbs.

- How can you tell?

- Taste, texture.

- Cooking really is harder than I thought.

- Hey, anyone can cook, but not everyone can cook well.

- I didn t mean to make light of what you do.

I make fun of my job all the time.

- How?

You deal with life and death.

- And if I couldn t laugh about it,

I d cry myself to sleep every night,

and then Olivia would make fun of my puffy eyes.

Maybe one day you could show me how to make this better.

- Is now a good time?

- It is, actually.

♪ ♪

- All right, good.

♪ ♪

male narrator: They re more than three times as old

as the younger lion.

He drove off this afternoon.

[knocking on door]

Years of experience.

Tremendous strength that has not yet begun to act.

- Somebody order a pizza?

- [groans] No.

And I didn t order an ex-boyfriend either.

I m sending them both back.

- Please?

Consider it a-- a peace offering

or a pizza offering.

[mellow pop music]

You didn t eat in class.

I figured you d be starving.

- ♪ All I have is my song ♪

- Well, it does smell good.

- ♪ And my love for you ♪

- Your favorite kind.

♪ ♪

- Now I have to bludgeon my food?

- Well, if it s too thick, the inside takes too long to cook.

- Wow, this really is a science,

like when I prescribe meds to my patients.

It has to be exactly the right amount,

or they won t work.

- Well, it s all trial and error.

Now, sometimes you get an amazing dish,

and other times a stray dog wouldn t eat it.

- Whoa, this seems like a good way to take out

your anger.

You must have made a lot of chicken

over the last six months.

- I was, uh--

I was wondering when you were gonna find that video.

- Well, it didn t exactly show you in the best light.

- If it wasn t for that video,

this all would have blown over by now.

Still, I was, uh-- I was unprofessional.

- Dave, you re an amazing chef.

Someone will be smart enough to see past it.

[light instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- Saved this for you.

- Aww, so you still care.

♪ ♪

- Luke, I love you,

and I get what it s like to be busy,

but you re gone half the month, and when you re here,

you re not really here.

- We ll figure something out, right?

♪ ♪

- I don t see a future,

and because I care about you, I keep taking you back,

but you ve got to let me go.

♪ ♪

- This is good.

- Mmm, not bad.

- This is a really hard dish to get right too.

- Mmm.

- Good for you.

Oh, and--

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

- And you have lunch for tomorrow.

- Amazing. - Mm-hmm.

This is really good.

- [laughs]

Mmm. I can t believe it.

- Well, that s what happens when you follow the recipe.

- I mean we spent all this time alone

and nobody got hit with the mallet.

This was fun.

- I ve noticed that food helps people bond.

That s the reason the most important meetings

are held over a meal.

- Mm.

You know, all the partners in class work well together.

The way you teach makes everyone feel like they re contributing,

even if they re beginners like me.

- I like to use food to communicate.

Unless I m throwing a steak at someone.

- So if people don t get along,

cooking could work like therapy.

What are you doing tomorrow afternoon?

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

- So what kind of a doctor are you?

- Neurosurgeon.

- Brain surgery? - Mm-hmm.

- [laughing] Wow.

And you cook, and you are gorgeous.

♪ ♪

- What do you do?

- I m a marketing manager.

[laughs] It s not brain surgery.

[laughs]

You must get that all the time.

- No, not all the time.

♪ ♪

Just, like, you know,

seven days a week.

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

- Thanks.

- Oh, um, I don t drink it with milk.

- Oh, I m so sorry.

I--just, Luke drinks it that way.

I-- - It s--it s fine.

- Sorry.

Switch with you.

- Hey, Pete, can you cover my open house today?

- Sure, but wouldn t the other brokers at your agency do it?

- I know you re not gonna steal my listing out from under me.

- You have my word.

- Thanks.

- Wh--no, no, no, no.

You turn this chair arou--

turn it around or I will get up and walk,

I swear.

- You said there was an emergency.

What--what s going on?

- You ll see, but nobody s going anywhere.

I ve pulled a lot of strings to make this happen.

- Make what happen?

[cheery music]

- Oh, hi, ladies.

I m Chef Dave Oberlin, and today we re gonna be making

some homemade ravioli.

- Ravioli comes in a box.

- Well, Ms. Cosworth, we re gonna be thinking

outside the box, and we re gonna be using this implement

of destruction to make some dough,

which is about the only dough I ll be making

since I m volunteering.

- Great, now I can cross making ravioli

off my bucket list.

- I have to call a patient.

Good luck.

♪ ♪

- Well, shall we get started?

♪ ♪

- Hey, Doc! We re on a power walk.

- Hi, Dr. K. - That was Viv.

- Hi.

I got your labs back.

Whatever you re doing is working, Stu.

- I feel great.

Vivian and I are gonna take a cruise to Mexico.

We re even thinking about hiking one of those old Aztec temples.

- That s fantastic.

Well, keep up the good work, and I ll see you

at your next appointment.

- All right, Dr. K.

- Okay, bye.

[electronic music]

♪ ♪

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

[phone ringing]

- [sighs]

[phone ringing]

♪ ♪

- All right, Heather, make sure all the air bubbles are out.

No bubbles, no troubles.

- You know what would taste great with this?

Some of your homemade tomato sauce.

- Yeah.

- I ll bet you you can t beat it.

- Mom, he s a chef.

[laughs]

- I ll be right back, ladies.

- This lobster looks delicious.

- Do you remember that summer we went to Maine?

[laughter]

- I think it s working.

- It s the way you teach.

You make rolling pasta dough seem fun.

Ladies, Dave had you make everything from scratch today,

but we have whole-wheat pasta on our cafeteria menu.

- Mmm.

[whispering] Tastes like cardboard.

- [laughs]

Next time I come visit you, I will bring you

some of my tomato sauce.

[light-hearted music]

♪ ♪

- You know what?

I ll do your program. - Really?

I haven t even passed your class yet.

- It s good for your patients, and it s kind of fun for me.

- You know, I have a meeting with my boss in five minutes.

Why don t you come with me?

- Okay.

- Okay.

♪ ♪

- All right, I m going in.

- Okay.

♪ ♪

Oh, careful. - Oh.

- [exclaims]

Nice!

- [gasps]

Chef Dave, what a wonderful surprise.

- Rather than review the presentation with you,

I thought I d just bring you Chef Dave himself.

- Our next board meeting is two weeks from Thursday.

- Perfect.

My class ends that week, so I ll be free.

- Well, maybe you could prepare some samples

to bring to the presentation.

- That s a great idea.

- I would approve of this program today,

but we still need to get those wet blankets on the board

to go for it and Dave.

- Well, why wouldn t they approve Dave?

He s perfect for this.

- There was some sort of incident last year

that a few of them keep bringing up.

- Beverly, please don t allow one mistake

to change your opinion of me.

- Oh, I don t care about that.

You putting that nincompoop in his place

is one of the reasons I like you.

[upbeat music]

- ♪ Hey ♪

♪ ♪

- Well, at least I have one fan.

- You might have more than one.

- I have some thoughts about the samples.

I d like to get some ideas from you too.

- Do you want to come over to my place around 7:00?

I ll text you the address.

- I ll see you there.

- I might even try my hand at making some appetizers.

- Okay.

[light instrumental music]

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

- ♪ What if I said, baby ♪

♪ I was wrong ♪

♪ What if I called you every day? ♪

♪ ♪

- [humming]

[knocking on door]

- Hey, it s me.

- Coming.

- I need a shop intervention.

I just spent a month s salary on shoes and a belt.

- Does this have anything to do with Luke?

- No.

I went on a date with Hayden.

- Was he weird?

- Yeah, it was just a little awkward.

- I kind of made those for Dave.

- I m kind of starving, so I ll even eat something you made.

♪ ♪

- Hey. - Hey.

- I m going over to help Nina with those cooking seminars

at the hospital.

- What s with the change of heart?

- It s a challenge.

I m thinking maybe I make two dishes, one healthy,

one not, and have people compare the taste.

- It s nice to see you excited about something.

- Yeah.

I never thought I d like this teaching thing,

but it s starting to grow on me.

I ll see you later.

- [chuckles] See you.

♪ ♪

- [exhales]

- Well, for someone who s swearing off dating,

these are some pretty sweet evening shoes.

- Oh, I m not finished dating.

I just don t think I m ready.

It s so stressful.

I even ate all of your appetizers that you made

for Dave, and they were real good.

- Yeah, clearly.

- I m sorry. I was hungry.

You know, it s okay to care about someone, Nina.

- Um, hello? I m a doctor.

I care about lots of people.

- Yeah, your patients.

- I have friends too, you and Luke.

- That is not what I m talking about.

I m talking about, you know, romance, guys.

- I so do not have the time for that.

- Okay, look, I get it, all right?

One of the first things they teach you in medical school

is how to care but not get too involved.

[knock on door]

It s supposed to protect us, but I don t think it s supposed

to protect you from falling in love.

- At no point during this conversation

have I mentioned the word love.

- Hi. - Hi.

Uh, come on in.

- Thank you.

- Oh, hi, Chef Dave.

I was just leaving.

- What? You don t have to go.

- Oh, no, it s fine.

I was going anyway.

Have fun. Bye-bye.

♪ ♪

- So Olivia ate all of our food.

- Oh, we ll just use what you have left in the fridge.

- Ooh, fridge, I wouldn t--

- Unless your ex-boyfriend is in there, it can t be that bad.

- Oh, it s bad.

[quirky music]

- Wow.

♪ ♪

This expired five years ago.

I think it s time for a grocery store run.

- [chuckles]

Look at this.

- [laughs]

[light instrumental music]

You know, when we were cooking together,

it kind of made me sad.

We could have had that.

- Sweetheart,

no apology can make up for all the times

that I wasn t there for you.

- I just couldn t compete with breaking news.

- You shouldn t have had to.

Look, I loved my work,

but I hated every time that I had to leave you.

That s why I took this book with me everywhere,

because it is full of your letters so that I could pretend

that you were there with me.

- I wanted to be.

♪ ♪

- I should have tried harder,

and now it s too late.

- Don t say that.

Dr. Kirby said she s doing everything she can.

- Look, I m grateful for every day that I wake up

and every time that I get to see you.

Boy, that is a gift I never thought I was gonna have.

♪ ♪

- Mmm.

- The secret, it s in the dill sauce.

- Mmm.

You put, like, 20 different things into one sauce.

I never knew it took this much work to get something

to taste so good.

- Yeah, someday I want to have a restaurant with an open kitchen.

People can come and watch their food get made.

- Would you ever give classes through your restaurant?

- Maybe, but before I do anything,

I have to get another head chef job.

That is comeback plan B.

- So the book was plan A?

- Yep.

It s gonna take a lot of work.

Making great food is the only way

people will respect me again.

- Well, which is more important, being good at what you do

or what people think of you?

- Both,

but some people matter more than others.

♪ ♪

- I hate to be a bad hostess, but, um, I have to kick you out.

Early surgery tomorrow.

Well, uh--

- Okay.

- This was fun.

I have a lot of good ideas for the presentation.

- I ll email you some thoughts.

♪ ♪

See you in class.

- You bet.

[swelling instrumental music]

[sighs]

♪ ♪

Vivian.

Oh, no.

- [sniffles] - Oh, no.

- [sobbing]

[solemn muisc]

♪ ♪

He was just reading the paper,

and I turn around, and--

it just happened so fast.

♪ ♪

We were supposed to go on a cruise next week

for our anniversary.

- He was doing so well.

- Oh, no, it s not your fault.

- Mrs. Stevens?

We have some paperwork we need you to fill out.

♪ ♪

- He was my patient.

Why didn t anyone call me when they brought him in?

- It was the middle of the night.

- So what?

I would have come in.

Who was in charge?

- I was, and I was in the room.

[dramatic music]

Look, Stu had a bad heart.

You ve seen this before. We all have.

- I know, but I should have done more tests on him.

- And you gave him the best care he could have had,

but he was too far gone.

- But he was getting better.

- We all have patients that we bond with,

but we can t let losing them make us useless

to our other patients.

♪ ♪

- I just feel like I let Stu down.

- Nonsense.

You did everything you could to save him.

♪ ♪

Oh, don t you have that cooking class tonight?

- It doesn t seem right to go.

- Go.

Take your mind off of this.

Doctor s orders.

♪ ♪

[light instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- Hey.

♪ ♪

- Make sure that s on medium.

- I didn t even think of that.

♪ ♪

Okay.

♪ ♪

- Is that a chopped salad or a taco station for a baby hamster?

- [chuckles]

I lost a patient today.

- I m so sorry.

- I m useless tonight.

I should probably go home.

- You want to talk about it?

♪ ♪

- I m okay, really.

- You re not okay.

Look, come have a walk with me, all right?

♪ ♪

Hey, guys, keep working.

I ll be back in just a few minutes, all right?

- Yeah. - All right, Chef.

- You got it.

♪ ♪

- I thought Stu would be fine.

He was starting to exercise and eat better.

He just went suddenly.

- I m so sorry.

- I didn t mean to dump all this on you.

- Hey, I get bent out of shape over a beef wellington.

You have to deal with life or death.

I can t imagine how strong you have to be.

♪ ♪

- My patients need me to be strong.

- Your patients aren t here right now.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Excuse me, is this Dave Oberlin s class?

- Yeah, I think he s in the lecture hall.

Third door down.

- Thank you.

[knocking]

- Maggie?

[dramatic music]

What are you doing here?

- I m back from New York.

- How s the new job?

And heard about the new man.

- Neither worked out.

I wanted to apologize.

- For breaking my heart or ruining my career?

- Both.

And I m gonna make it up to you.

♪ ♪

I had no idea things had gotten this bad.

- I m fine.

I enjoy this job.

- Well, you haven t lost your sarcastic wit.

- I like teaching.

- Sure you do, but you have suffered enough.

Look, I m opening a restaurant in Seattle,

and I want you to be our executive chef.

- I don t think it s a good idea if we work together.

- There s no better way to clear your name

than to run the hottest restaurant in Seattle.

♪ ♪

- I ll think about it.

- And one of our investors wrangled a spot for you

on a local morning show.

We make a great team, Dave.

♪ ♪

Let s forget about the past.

♪ ♪

- I had no idea that was your boyfriend.

- It was.

- Yeah, he s in my yoga class.

- Oh, my God. - Is he?

- Yeah. - How did I not know that?

- I thought you had a dinner meeting.

- I have to talk to you, and I didn t want to see Olivia

in class.

I heard she went on a date with Hayden.

I don t know what else to do.

I mean, she wants me to rearrange my life.

- She knows you can t do that, but maybe you could make her

more of a priority.

♪ ♪

Nobody wants to feel like they re your second choice.

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

- Hey.

So I got some bad news.

My next class is gonna be my last.

- You got a gig.

- In Seattle,

with, uh, with Maggie.

Look, she feels bad for the way she treated me, all right?

- Dave, you don t have to stay here as a teacher,

but this thing with Maggie?

I just don t trust her.

- Look, I--I love teaching way more than I ever thought

I would, but I have to take the risk.

I--I don t have a choice.

- You always have a choice.

I was at the top of my game,

but I was working seven days a week,

and now I get more joy out of cooking for my family

than I ever did at a five-star restaurant.

- I don t mind throwing myself into work.

I only have to think about me.

- That s your choice too.

♪ ♪

[jazzy music]

♪ ♪

- My business partner s running a little late,

so I ll just have tea for now.

- Okay.

♪ ♪

- Hey.

- Hey.

Your assistant told me you d be here.

- Ah.

♪ ♪

- Okay, look, I had a conversation with Nina

last night, and she made me realize

that I ve been unfair to you.

- I ve been taking this relationship for granted,

so it s not just you.

- And I m sorry I went out with Hayden.

I--I was just trying to make you jealous.

- And it worked,

but you don t have to apologize for it.

- It s just once I could fit personal time into my schedule,

I just--I assumed you could too.

- Your schedule started to lighten up

just as my company started to take off.

♪ ♪

- Thank you.

♪ ♪

Important email?

I m okay with it.

- No, I was telling Greg not to come.

I can call him later.

I d rather have lunch with you.

♪ ♪

- ♪ I don t want to live without you ♪

- - Thanks.

♪ ♪

- ♪ Don t think I can breathe without you ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Got nothing to believe wihtout you ♪

- I missed you.

- ♪ Baby ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ ♪

- So these roma tomatoes have fewer seeds,

so this is what you want for pasta sauce.

- Oh.

That s the one I want to take home.

- Hey, can everyone gather around real quick?

[upbeat music]

So for next week s final, each team will choose

one of these recipe cards,

and one person will make the app

and one person will make the entrée.

There you go.

There you go.

Take one.

There you go.

All right, I ll see you guys next week.

Hey, good luck, guys.

- We should totally try this tonight.

♪ ♪

Hey, what s going on? - Hey.

- You, uh, barely talked to me all night.

- Yeah, I didn t mean to eavesdrop again,

but I heard you and your ex talking.

[light instrumental music]

You re going to take that job, aren t you?

- I was gonna talk to you about that tonight.

It starts next week, so I have to move to Seattle

after the last class.

- But our presentation is the next day.

- And you re gonna do great.

You can present all my ideas just as well as I can.

- It s fine. I ll find someone else.

- This is about your promotion, isn t it?

- It s about helping my patients,

and you re abandoning it for something you don t even want.

- You don t understand.

I ve been looking for a job for six months.

I finally get to do what I love again.

- I m thrilled for you.

Good luck.

♪ ♪

This is so cliché.

Shouldn t we at least mix it up and eat a bowl

of raw cookie dough?

- Mm-mm.

There s something so soothing about ice cream.

Besides, raw cookie dough can make you sick.

How did you leave things?

- By being mad at him for taking his dream job.

[sighs]

I wish I could take it back.

- Well, you can.

He s not gone yet.

♪ ♪

- Someone didn t like their lunch.

Can I get you anything else, Mrs. Cosworth?

- I m sorry, Eric.

I guess I m just-- I m not hungry.

- Okay.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Pete, what are you doing here?

- I figured you were gonna stay here,

so I had your neighbor grab some clean clothes

from your place.

- Oh, Mom, this is Pete.

He s a fellow real estate agent.

- Pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Cosworth.

- Pete.

May I ask you to do me a favor?

- Sure.

- Would you take my daughter out for something

other than hospital food?

- I d love to.

- Thanks.

Give us a sec, would you?

- Sure.

♪ ♪

- Mother, I see what you are doing.

- That young man came all the way down here

to bring you clean clothes.

I know it when I see it.

♪ ♪

- Hi, this is Dr. Nina Kirby from Conley Hospital.

I was wondering if you d be interested in teaching

a healthy eating seminar.

Uh, yes.

Okay.

Thanks for your time.

Bye.

- Hey.

Mrs. Cosworth s vitals are really weak.

- She s doing better than I thought she would.

I think Heather bought her a few more days.

- All right.

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

[cheery music]

♪ ♪

- Is it undercooked?

- No, it s perfect.

♪ ♪

Dave, she s not coming.

Her presentation s tomorrow and she s doing damage control.

Hopefully the board votes to save the program.

- If I didn t have to leave town, I d make it work.

- You know, I deal with a lot of terminally ill patients,

and one thing I never hear is, "I should have taken that job."

[instrumental music]

♪ ♪

- All right, guys, time s up.

Let s have your final dishes here on the main table.

♪ ♪

- Hey, look, I just want to thank you.

Since I got my own place,

I ve had to do so much for myself.

Now I can cook.

- You ve come a long way, Hayden.

- Hey, now I just need to find a laundry class.

- [laughs]

Yeah, good luck with that.

Take it easy.

- Hey. - Hey.

- I m sorry I couldn t make it to class.

I was working on tomorrow s presentation.

- You ll win them over.

- Listen, I m sorry I got mad at you.

I m happy you found a great job.

I got you a going-away present.

If a customer or food critic makes you mad,

you can take it out on the chicken.

- Thank you for everything.

♪ ♪

- You too.

- Hey, you know what?

Maybe when the restaurant s up and running,

I could come back and teach a few of your seminars.

- Yeah, maybe.

♪ ♪

Good-bye, Dave.

♪ ♪

These seminars are a great way to attract new patients,

not only in cardiology but in other areas as well.

- Well, I think I speak on behalf of the entire board

when I say we appreciate your passion for this project,

my dear, but the thing is that without someone

like Chef Dave at the helm, I just think it s better

that we put the entire idea on hold for a while.

- Look, this isn t about a certain chef

or even a certain doctor.

It s about the patients.

Stu Stevens, he was one of my patients.

His arteries were clogged, and he was at risk

for a heart attack, but the thing is he really

wanted to change, but he didn t know where to go,

so he came to us, to our program,

and he started to eat right,

and his health really did begin to improve.

He was even talking about climbing an Aztec temple.

[all laugh]

♪ ♪

But the damage had been done.

He died from that heart attack.

- Oh, that poor man.

- But if we can get to the Stus of the world

before it s too late, we can get more than just good publicity

for our hospital.

We can actually save lives,

and isn t that why we chose this career?

♪ ♪

[phone beeping]

Oh, I m sorry. I have to go.

♪ ♪

- So I said to her, "I didn t even know

you had a chicken."

- [laughs]

- Prep Lynn for surgery.

We got a heart. - Oh, my.

Okay, it s go time.

- Dr. Kirby, will you be doing her surgery?

- I m not a transplant surgeon, but Dr. Simon is on his way

from University Hospital.

- He s one of the best in the country.

- And I ll be right there.

♪ ♪

[metal clattering]

♪ ♪

- [sighs]

- Hi.

- Hey.

- Got these for your mom.

- Thank you.

- How are you holding up?

- I m doing okay.

She s tough.

I think she s gonna pull through.

- Well, the doctor thinks that you being here

gave her something to live for.

- We still have our issues, but we re working through them.

[light pop music]

- Heather, we re moving your mom to recovery.

She did great.

- Oh, thank you so much.

I want to be there when she wakes up.

- Just through those doors.

- Thank you.

♪ ♪

- Never seen you in action before.

- Uh-- - Suits you.

- Shouldn t you be in Seattle by now?

- ♪ Stay with me ♪

- I turned the job down.

- ♪ I have to say that come what may ♪

- I realized the best way to clear my name

was to give back to the community

and not cater to rich foodies.

- So you re staying?

- I don t know if running a restaurant s what I want,

and working with my ex is definitely not worth

giving up what I do want.

♪ ♪

- Well, the board hasn t officially voted down

the seminars.

- I m in.

That is, if the position is still open.

- Of course it is.

I mean, the seminars are going to be great,

but is that what you really want?

♪ ♪

- I don t know.

You know, I think I like teaching.

- ♪ There s so much more than I can stand ♪

- But I know one thing for sure.

♪ ♪

♪ Stay with me ♪

- I want to be with you, Nina.

♪ ♪

- ♪ I have to say ♪

♪ That come what may ♪

♪ We ll fall in love ♪

♪ We ll fall in love, we ll fall in love ♪

♪ Each night I prayed ♪

♪ That every day ♪

♪ We ll fall in love ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I have to say ♪

♪ That come what may ♪

♪ We ll fall in love ♪

♪ We ll fall in love ♪

♪ Each I night I ve prayed ♪

♪ That every day ♪

♪ We ll fall in love ♪

♪ Fall in love, fall in love ♪

♪ I have to say ♪

♪ That come what may ♪

♪ We ll fall in love ♪

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪