All language subtitles for Medical Investigation 1x05

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Well, look who's here.

Hey, Mr. Roland.

You're on about?

You must be feeling better, right?

Much better.

You know Joey white?

Sure. Why?

Last time he was here,
the kid spent like an hour,

just looking around.

Didn't buy a darn thing.

His pockets sure seemed full.

I don't think he'd do
anything like that.

Oh, you never know.

Joey, what are you
doing back there?

Joey?

Joey!

Son, are you all right?

Don't touch me!
Please don't touch me!

I'll get help.

I'm finishing our analysis of
the salmonella outbreak in Santa fe.

There's some very interesting statistical
anomalies that probably bear more scrutiny.

Okay. Stay on it. Frank?

Still checking out the MRSA
problem in those doctors' offices.

They're telling me they have
it under control, but we'll see.

Good. Eva? / Well...

I just got a phone call
from Dr. Ansuya patel.

The internist from Massachusetts?

Yes. She sounded very agitated.

- Something new happen?
- Another child collapsed.

A boy, apparently with the
same symptoms as the others.

Okay. Get the boy's charts.
We'll take a look.

Stephen, these parents are freaking out
and she doesn't know what to tell them.

What's going on with these kids?

It's not entirely clear.
But for several years,

she's been noticing a pattern of chronic
illnesses among the town's children.

- We need to get up there now.
- Our plate's already full.

She's been asking us for help
for almost six months, Stephen.

Must be a lot of
nervous parents up there.

Her hospital doesn't
have the resources

she needs to make a diagnosis
or even think about a treatment.

Obviously, I want to help, but
now is not the best time to go.

That doctor is overwhelmed.

She needs us.

Those kids need us.

Okay.

Medical investigation
시즌 1. 제 5 화. Progeny

영어대본
김철균(kim1047@nate.com)

자막편집/싱크
남효주(hyojunet@nate.com)

닐 맥도프
(스티븐 코너 박사 役)

켈리 윌리엄스
(나탈리 듀런트 박사 役)

크리스토퍼 고햄
(마일즈 맥케이브 박사 役)

안나 벨크냅
(에바 로시 役)

트로이 윈부시
(프랭크 파웰 役)

ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC: 2004/10/01

Overbrook Hospital
Massachusetts

I can't thank you
enough for coming.

Especially with the other cases
that must be competing for your time.

You made a very persuasive case,

and you have a lot of
sick children here.

Yes, we do.

All the cases are similar.

Fatigue, muscle inflammation
and weakening, joint pain,

upper body rashes and sores.

- How long since your first case?
- It's been almost three years now.

How have you been treating them?

Pain medication, moist heat.

Sometimes the children
can't climb stairs,

get up from a chair,
or even comb their hair.

Any deaths?

Two in the past 18 months.
A boy and girl.

Both presented with severe
respiratory disease in advanced stages.

Any similarities to
your current patients?

Unfortunately, yes.

A couple of the kids may be
nearing a similar point of no return.

I've assembled them all.
These are desperate people.

You'll get all the
cooperation you need.

Doctor,

how many
people live in this town?

Just under 9,000.

But only a dozen children
are sick? Why is that?

They probably all attended the
same school at one time or another.

Why not the other students
or the teachers?

Who's your latest patient?

All right, Joey.

Here's what we're going to do.

While I'm pushing down,
I need you to push back up.

Okay? Yeah, ready?

Yeah? One, two, three, go.

How old are you now?
You must be about 12.

Ten. / Ten?

I have a son, Jack, who's 11.
You're already bigger than he is.

Ready, set, go.

Okay. Let's take
a look at your legs here.

Ready, one, two, three, go.

Baseball.

You a Red sox fan? / Yep.

Good man. Me, too.

I used to play.

Yeah? My son plays.

Ready? One, two, three, go.

I made the All-star team last year.

Yeah?

But I don't know about this year.

Well, we're here to see if we can
do something about that, okay?

Okay. / Let me talk
to your parents for a sec.

Okay.

Any history of this illness or these
symptoms with either of your families?

No. / We'll need to run some more
tests on Joey, if that's all right?

Yeah, um...

Are we missing something?

It's just that, um...

Can we talk outside for a second?

Yeah.

It's just what this illness has
done to the other families.

I mean, we've only been living
with it for about six months.

But the others, I hear it's pretty
much wiped them out financially.

That won't be a problem.

But the kind of tests he needs and the
treatments, can't that get really expensive?

Not to you, ma'am.

This is all on us.

Anything in the houses?

Nothing out of the ordinary.

I tested the air and tap
water for heavy metals.

Checked out
medicine cabinets. Nothing.

We might be looking at some
kind of environmental allergy.

These children might be
idiosyncratically sensitive.

The real mystery is that more
people in this town aren't sick.

Meaning?

FSM industries. Town's largest
business, by a long shot.

Produces all sorts of highly
reactive chemicals.

Anybody contact the EPA?

Dr. Patel tried.

Some bureaucrat said she'd need more
than two dead kids to get them interested.

Did she try the local authorities?

Even less interested.
About ten years ago,

EPA found hundreds of violations.

Leveled fines,
mandated a huge cleanup.

Cost the company millions.
Almost put them out of business.

FSM is this town's biggest employer,

also provides most of its tax base.

Yeah, well, from what I've learned,

people in this town would rather go
without food than hurt them.

I just got off the phone with EPA.

FSM has complied with all
applicable reporting requirements.

Right. They reported
themselves clean.

EPA says it's on top of them.

That their spot checks
haven't revealed any red flags.

Maybe it's not FSM.

I mean, a thousand different
toxins could be causing this,

- from a thousand different places.
- What would you have us look for?

Whatever's making
these kids sick.

Start at FSM.

Maybe you'll find a red flag
that someone forgot to notice.

You think I'm gonna die,

like those other two kids?

We are gonna do everything
we can to help you.

Dr. P. is worried because I've been
living with this longer than anyone else.

Three long years.

Must be really tough.

At first it wasn't that bad.

I had this boyfriend, Jimmy,

and he didn't mind. Not at first.

Then the skin things
started happening.

He couldn't deal with the sores, so...

hey, don't worry,
there'll be other boyfriends.

People at school couldn't
deal with them either.

It got easier to just stay home.

I don't feel sorry for myself.

I mean, I still get to do
what's really important to me.

My acting.

Even if it's only in front of a mirror.

You're an actress?

Before this, I was the lead
in, like, every school play.

Wow.

Then I guess our goal is clear.
To get you back on the stage.

Actually I'm about to do that.

They're letting me audition
for the winter production.

Tomorrow.

That soon?
You sure you don't want to wait?

Till when, Dr. Durant?

Till I feel better?

I'm sorry, miss.
Company policy.

I can't let you in.

I understand your policy,
but could you make an exception?

Sorry, can't do it.

No unauthorized visitors allowed.

If it's a liability issue,
we routinely sign waivers.

If you get hurt,
a waiver means nothing.

Sir, we're trying to help
a bunch of sick kids.

- We just want to look around.
- I'm sure that's all you want.

Look, I'm not gonna lie to you.

We might have to make
more than one visit.

Why?

We run a clean shop here.

Then I don't understand.
Why won't you let us in?

Because you have no legal
right to enter these premises.

We can get that
authorization if need be.

You Washington people.

You swoop down here with
all your rule and regulations,

telling us how to live our lives.

The fact is, you don't know
a damn thing about our lives.

Or have a clue
about what's best for us.

Sir, look. It's only a matter
of time before we get that...

I want you the hell off this property.

Now!

Come on, Frank. Let's go.

Thank you.

All right, what do we got?

Assuming we're talking about an
unknown environmental trigger?

Let's start there.

Well, the research on purely
environmental triggers is still in its infancy.

Give it a shot.

Okay, I'm thinking fibromyalgia.

Given the widespread pain
and the multiple tender points.

A lot of doctors think
fibromyalgia's a phantom disease.

It only exists in the patient's head.

Well, the American college
of rheumatology disagrees.

Okay. What else?

Chronic fatigue syndrome.

Neither explains the
dermatological onsets.

Could be more than
one toxin is involved.

If so, we could be dealing with
multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome.

- Hence the rashes.
- Treatment?

Well, first we need to find
the trigger, or triggers.

Right. / They didn't exactly
lay out the welcome mat.

But I have a call in
to a friend at EPA.

I'm hoping he can get us inside.

Great.

Yeah.

Right.

Don't move him.
Don't do anything. I'll be right there.

Joey white.

He had another episode.

I'll drive.

What the...

That didn't take long.

Not long at all.

Those factory workers are making sure
we don't misunderstand how they feel.

I don't give a damn how they feel.

Here we go, Joey.
You ready?

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

It's a migraine.

Most likely related
to his underlying illness.

I'll have Dr. Patel
set up a morphine drip.

Just to lessen his pain.

We're still no closer
to finding an answer, are we?

We think he's getting sick from something
he's been exposed to here in town.

We need a list of
Joey's favorite places.

He doesn't go outside much.

Especially not since
we moved back.

Back? Back from where?

Omaha, Nebraska.
Five months ago.

We moved there
before Joey was born.

Was he sick in Nebraska?

Yeah. Since last year.

That's when he first got sick.

Nothing to report yet.
CBCs are all coming back normal.

Same with electrolyte levels.

Vitamin deficiencies?

Some of the D and E
levels are a little low,

but nothing to cause
what we're seeing.

Have we heard from the local police
about the vandalism last night?

No, and I get the sense they're not
gonna spend a lot of time investigating.

Right. / We got it.

Access to FSM industries.

Ten years ago, when they made
their settlement with the EPA,

They agreed to submit to spot checks
whenever the EPA deemed it necessary.

But we're not EPA.

Well, I had a marker or two
outstanding over there.

This is good news, Stephen.

Yeah.

The boy, Joey white,
he lived in Nebraska.

He was sick there.

I thought you said the trigger
was in this environment.

That was our best guess.

Well, so, the same crap making kids sick
here could also be in Nebraska, right?

Could be. or it could be
different toxins in both places,

having the same
effect on the children.

Find out if Nebraska's ever
reported anything similar.

I'll put in a request for
Joey white's medical files.

We have an appointment at FSM.

And I know somebody over there
who's not gonna be too happy.

You mind giving me
a little space here?

Matter of fact, I do.

My job here is
to keep you honest.

Though I'm probably
wasting my time.

I mean, you already know
what you're gonna find.

Mr. Lewson, please understand.

We would like nothing more than
to rule this factory out as a source.

Right.

And then what the hell would
you tell all those parents, huh?

Who would they blame, then?

- Just let my people do their work.
- You just don't get it.

Your work could do irreparable
damage for no damn reason.

Well, I'm assuming none of
the sick children are yours, sir.

As a matter of fact,
you happen to be right.

About that, at least.

My boy is healthy.

And if I told you how many
times he visited me here...

well, what if your son
wasn't so lucky?

And the doctors couldn't
tell you what was wrong?

And all you could do was
stand there, helpless,

maybe even watching
your child die before your eyes?

Check this out.

That's some funky stuff.

We called EPA.

They're claiming the green
goo is of recent vintage.

Oh, you think they'd admit
that they missed it?

Wait till they hear what's in there.

Arsenic, DDT, chlordane.
And we just started testing.

I'm testing the children's blood again,
see if anything shows up.

Why just these children?
Why aren't more people sick?

The most obvious means of transmission
is seepage into the water table,

but the whole town
would be exposed.

Water's one way it can get around,

but who knows where
they're dumping this stuff?

If they are dumping, they're not
gonna tell us without a fight.

Since this is only affecting kids,

I'll check for places they
hang out and see what I find.

Great.

Natalie, run the parents' blood, too.

See if there's any chemical links
between them and the children.

That was Howard lewson from FSM.

He wants to meet me
in his office later.

Says he has something I'd
be very interested in seeing.

Okay, sir, that should do it.

They find anything
in that factory yet?

We're investigating the possibilities.

I worked that plant since
I graduated high school.

And as sure as
I'm sitting here right now,

- They're the ones that's caused this.
- Do you have anything specific in mind?

Not really, but they knew I was
coming home to meet you today,

so from out of nowhere, my supervisor
mentions taking away my overtime.

And he knows we need every last dollar
on account of Sabrina's sickness.

- I'm sorry to hear that.
- I swear, if my little girl dies from this,

they're gonna pay. Big.

How are you feeling?

You know.

The same, I guess.

My audition's later this afternoon.

You're gonna be great.

It's been kind of tough,
working on the scenes.

I used to run them with
my mother, but now...

She says she doesn't
want to encourage me,

just in case acting
doesn't work out.

I understand.

Maybe you could read it with me.

Oh, I...

I'm not much of an actor.

I, I don't think
I'd be very good at it.

All you have to do is read the lines.

I don't think so, Sabrina.
I have a lot of work to do.

I get it.

You like being a doctor?

I do, very much.

You ever take
the time to think about...

I don't know...

doing something else?

Now and again, but

- I, I don't really have the time.
- I have a lot time.

I can imagine myself doing
so many different things.

I even thought
about being an astronaut.

An astronaut. That's very cool.

When you were younger,
did you ever have a dream like that?

I used to play the piano.

When I was little, my parents
took me to Carnegie hall.

And there was this woman.
She played so beautifully.

For a while, being like her
was all I thought about.

What happened?

Well...

my life changed.

My mother became very ill,

and I didn't have the luxury
of thinking about the piano anymore.

Is she okay?

She fought her illness for a long time.

She was a fighter, my mom.

She was a very strong woman.

Wow. You hit pay dirt.

Yeah, so to speak.
Scoped out the local junior high,

found some kids who will talk to me
about where they hang after hours,

followed them to this
out-of-the-way pasture,

saw how they could be exposing
themselves to contaminated soil,

got my samples.

And?

And here I am.

Something else happen out there?

Yeah.

I saw what those kids were
doing out in that pasture.

- Yeah, kids grow up fast these days.
- Yeah, well, when I get home,

I'm gonna have a little
sit-down with my daughters.

Strange.

Four of the fathers I tested have
elevated testosterone levels.

Oh, these levels are off the charts.

Maybe it's related to
a chemical exposure.

I mean, it's possible the chemical plant
affected their thyroid or adrenal glands.

See what you can find.

You're chasing your tail.

FSM isn't your problem.

I think that issue's still
pretty much up in the air.

I talked to people I trust.

In hazardous cleanup
and compliance.

We found toxic waste
on your property.

In one spot.

That doesn't make us hazardous.

You can have our internal records,
showing that we're on the up and up,

if that gets you up and out.

You get me the records,
I'll have the right people take a look.

Here they are.

I'll be in touch.

Hey.

I thought about what you said.

If my kid was sick, would I feel
any different about the company?

The fact is, I wouldn't feel different.

I don't believe that.

I've worked here
every day of my adult life.

And FSM has given
me so much back.

All of us,

we wouldn't have a life
without this company.

Mr. Lewson, do you
know any of those sick kids?

Of course.

I know them all.
And their parents.

Right.

Look,

if some of us have
to suffer more than others,

well,

nobody ever said
that life was fair.

The children's thyroid and
adrenal glands are all working fine.

Same with the fathers'.

Okay. We can rule out glandular
abnormality as a cause.

Did you ever find out why the fathers'
testosterone levels were so high?

I did. Most of the families
want to have more children,

but the fathers have fertility issues.

They've been taking hormone
treatments to up their sperm counts.

Really?

What?

The situation, it's...

- it's really weird.
- I know that already.

I just got these files from the
various doctors who treat the mothers.

Check this out.

Oh, my gosh.

These children were all conceived
outside of their mothers' womb.

By in vitro fertilization.

This can't be a coincidence.

Could it?

McCarthy Fertility Clinic

I went through the parents'
records, Dr. Mccarthy.

12 children who were
conceived here in this lab

all suffer from the same illness.

You're kidding me.

12 sick children?

In actuality, it was 14.

Two of them died.

My god.

- This is the first I've heard of it.
- I'm surprised you didn't know.

I guess it wasn't
brought to my attention.

Besides the infertility practice,

we also provide a full range
of OB/GYN services.

I was wondering, doctor,

could the in vitro procedures have
been contaminated in any way?

I don't see how. I've always
followed appropriate protocol.

All the fathers involved
had severe infertility.

I'd have to check my records
for the specifics.

We'd like to take
a look at those, also.

There are issues of patient
confidentiality to consider.

Yes, I'm sure,

but the children here are need...

Doctor, this clinic has produced
hundreds of healthy children.

And I'm not trying to obstruct
you in any way,

but I'd focus on the filth that factory
spews into our air and water.

That's where your
answer probably lies.

Find anything useful in there?

A lot of technical
mumbo jumbo so far.

I figured that's all
we'd get from them.

Which is why I didn't
stop at what they gave us.

Some of the documents referred to the
troubles FSM had about ten years ago,

when the EPA stepped in
and mandated the big cleanup.

The costs involved were enormous.

The company had to lay off
a third of its workforce.

Which explains why the remaining ones
weren't too thrilled when we drove into town.

In a way, you can't blame them.

It ruined a lot of families. People
had to move away just to find work.

I bet those executives found themselves
a golden parachute on the way out.

Some did, some didn't.

One of the unlucky ones
was a guy named Peter smith.

Ten years ago, he was
a vice president of personnel.

Turns out he's also the one
who blew the whistle with the EPA

- about what was really going on.
- Does he still work there?

No. He resigned five years ago

after testifying in federal court
against the company's president.

What happened? / The president was
convicted and sentenced to six years in prison.

You think Mr. Smith could help us out
with what's going on at the company now?

I don't know, but there's another
very interesting thing about this guy.

His teenage daughter was one of the
two children who died of this illness.

Maybe we should pay this guy a visit.

Yeah.

You're, uh, probably wondering
why I still live in this town,

after everything that's happened.

We know a little bit about
your experiences at FSM.

I guess I'm just a creature of habit.

I, I grew up here.

I just can't imagine
living anywhere else.

We also know about
your daughter, sir.

- Right.
- Must have been very difficult.

You have no idea.

No, sir, I don't.

When Melissa first got sick,

we were already
struggling pretty badly.

I, I was having trouble finding work,
and my wife, well,

she wouldn't leave my girl's side.

Well, from what we've seen,
this illness is very tough

on the families
as well as the children.

Oh, yeah.

When Melissa died,

my wife, well, she...

she got very angry.

First at the world, and then at me.

So she left.

Mr. Smith, we've been trying to find out
what's been going on at that plant,

and whether it might have contributed
to any of these illnesses.

I haven't been there in a long time.

But I can tell you this, whatever
they're doing to comply with the law

is the bare minimum.

It's the only thing they can do
to survive, truth be told.

Do you think FSM is responsible
for your daughter's illness?

In my heart?

Yes.

But I couldn't begin to prove it.

Your daughter, she was conceived by
in vitro fertilization, correct?

Yes. Dr. Lois mccarthy did that.

Anything about her or her
procedures that stand out?

No.

No, she did what we wanted.

She gave us a child.

I've tested the soil and
ground water from the area

where some of the children
congregate after school.

There is some evidence
of toxins produced by FSM,

including trace amounts
of alachlor and diazinon.

Wait a minute. Those chemicals
have been linked to low sperm count.

So FSM may be responsible
for the fathers' infertilities.

But it doesn't look like they're
responsible for the children's illnesses.

Plus, FSM has complied with
every state and federal regulation.

Are you certain? / The reports have
been certified by independent auditors.

So that rules FSM out.

What else? / Dr. Lois mccarthy
checks out with the state medical board.

Very few complaints on file.

None regarding her
fertilization procedures.

I'm still waiting for my test results
on my blood and tissue samples.

Keep digging.

Your EMG testing was suspicious?

Very. All the children showed
insertional irritability

and spontaneous,
high-frequency discharges.

- What do you think it means?
- I'm not sure.

That's why I'm
doing the muscle biopsies.

Sabrina! / Dr. Durant,

Dr. P.

Thursday is physical therapy day.

How are you feeling?

- Better.
- How did the audition go?

I think I nailed it.

They said I'd probably
hear by this afternoon,

- but I'm pretty sure I got the part.
- You let me know.

I may have a diagnosis, Stephen.

Look, their muscle fibers
are degenerating.

An autoimmune reaction.

That and the blood testing and
the physical exams all point one way.

Dermatomyositis.

That's tough to treat.

We can certainly start with immuno-
suppressants and see where that takes us.

We still don't know the cause.

Some people think it's hereditary, a
mutant gene triggered by the environment,

exposure to a virus or
an infection of some sort.

But if this were genetic,
it would hit specific families,

not this many different families
in a town this small.

These sick children all have
one thing in common.

They were each conceived
in Dr. Mccarthy's clinic.

Yeah. They were all raised here,

exposed to the same environment, except
Joey white who was born in Nebraska.

He grew up halfway across
the country, and he got sick anyway,

with the same rare disease.
What are the odds of that?

Pretty low.
So Joey's our outlier.

He's the only child not subject to the same
environmental stimuli as the others.

I need to go back
and talk to his parents.

See what triggered
the illness in Nebraska.

If we can find that trigger here, we may be
able to stop a lot of kids from getting sick.

Durant.

Yes.

Okay, I'll be right there.

What? / That was Dr. Patel.

I've got to go.

My wife found her.

What happened?

Sabrina found out she didn't
get the part in that damn play.

I told her trying out for that
thing was a big mistake,

but she wouldn't listen to me.

I'm so sorry.

I don't understand, doctor.

You're saying that all
the sick kids, including our son,

were conceived at
Dr. Mccarthy's clinic?

Yes.

She's confirmed that to us.

But in one important way,
Joey's different than the other kids.

Because we were living in Omaha
when he started getting sick.

Exactly.

So we're gonna need to know some
things about your life in Nebraska.

Sure. However we can help.

Wait, do you think that Dr. Mccarthy
had something to do with this?

I can't believe that she would
ever do anything like that intentionally.

I mean, if she had
something to do with it,

it must have been a mistake,
you know, a mix-up in the lab.

She would never do
anything to hurt a child.

We couldn't even afford the in vitro.
She let us pay her out over time.

Didn't even charge us interest,
you know, like a lot of doctors would.

Well, uh...
that's definitely good to know.

Hey, Joey.

Hey.

Mr. and Mrs. White, do either
of you wear contact lenses?

No. We both have 20/20 vision.

Thank you very much.
We'll keep in touch.

What the hell was that about?

Those people are not
Joey white's natural parents.

Not both of them anyway. / What?

It's been staring me in the face
since the moment I met them.
Did you notice their eyes?

Yeah, but parents have blue eyes,
but Joey's are dark brown.

Right. Genetics 101,

a blue-eyed mother and a blue-eyed
father always make a blue-eyed child.

So Dr. Mccarthy substituted
ingredients when she made that kid?

Yeah, well, that's
one way of putting it.

You must be joking.

Of course I used Clark white's
sperm to fertilize Leslie's eggs.

Then how did two blue-eyed parents
produce a brown-eyed offspring?

Well, this may sound kind of strange, but it's
possible that Leslie was having relations

with a brown-eyed man
at the time I performed in vitro.

I've seen it happen before, doctor.

Anyway, I have an office
full of patients waiting,

so if there's nothing further...

Doctor, something happened
in those in vitro procedures.

Something you're not telling me.

Wait a minute,
who are those children?

Those are my success stories.

Each and every one conceived
with our procedures.

I've seen them all before.

I know them because
I examined them all yesterday.

Joey white, Paul werder,
Allison hanes, Kari thompson.

Yes. Their parents
were all my patients.

Why are they all hanging
next to one another?

I don't know.

There's no logic to
the way we put them up.

Their features...

they're very similar.

That can't be random.

You want me to test
the children's DNA?

Right away. / Why?

Because these children
all share the same parent.

Mother or father?

You'll tell me.

Why'd you do it, doctor?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

You took some unrelated man's sperm
or some unrelated woman's eggs

and used them in all
of your procedures.

No. / That explains why all these children
came down with the same illness.

The donor you used was
genetically predisposed.

That can't be.

Now what you're saying,
none of that happened.

I've only finished testing
three of the children,

but all three show
the same biological father.

My god.

They're all half-brothers and sisters
and they have absolutely no idea.

In this town, they could
get married, have kids.

And before I go
back to see Dr. Mccarthy,

we need to confirm that Clark white
is not Joey's natural father.

I've already used all
of his blood sample.

- I'll get some more.
- Okay, but

you can't tell the parents
what's going on here yet.

Why not?
They have a right to know.

We've diagnosed the illness.
Now we can start a course of treatment.

I am not telling this
to Sabrina martin's parents now.

Not after what
they've been through.

Miles, can we have a minute?

Yeah.

What's going on? / Nothing.

Okay. If you want to talk about it,
you know where to find me.

Stephen...

I'm worried.

About what?

- The way this job is going.
- You're doing fine here.

My job is research.

I feel comfortable
in a lab. I just didn't ...

bargain for all this
patient one-on-one.

Yeah, well, you're good at it.
The patients like you.

They trust you.

And you help them
just by being there.

The way I've been reacting,

it may not be in
the patients' best interests.

Look,

if I thought your objectivity was
being compromised, I'd tell you.

Okay?

Okay.

I can't believe it.

I mean, if what you're saying is true...

Mr. White, I wouldn't be here now
if I wasn't next to certain.

And this test is gonna
confirm what I believe.

But if what you say is true
about Joey, then...

Clark, don't even say it.

Joey is our son.

Your son.

I'm just going to need
a little time is all...

to get my head around this.

If it helps,

Dr. Mccarthy
is not going to walk.

You think she's
going to go to prison?

I believe what
she did was criminal.

Can you help us prove that?

What I can do is let the relevant
authorities know what happened here.

Why is this happening to all
these children at once?

We're not certain what
brings on this illness.

Obviously, a genetic
predisposition is involved here

and exposure to
a virus or other infections.

But you can treat Joey?

Joey's one of the lucky ones.

We caught his early.

With the right medications,
physical therapy,

he should be able to live
a relatively normal life.

Can he play baseball again?

Let's take that one day at a time.

Look, this is what I know.

All the children share the same
biological father, including Joey white.

Now I need to know
if there are others.

I'm not gonna cooperate
with this little fishing expedition.

Doctor, more may get sick.

More may die.

You know, it's funny.

You're the person
who created these children.

And now you won't
help me save their lives?

I met him in medical school.

I was taking an elective in oncology.

He was the most amazing man.

A brilliant professor,

handsome, charming, and...

when he proposed to me...

my life was perfect.

We both wanted to have children.

But, um,

it was my problem.

We tried in vitro so many times,
and it just wasn't meant to be.

Where can I find him?

He's dead.

Cancer.

It's ironic, isn't it?

I mean, I moved here to forget.

And I walked into the most
unbelievable fertility crisis.

Young couples were
beside themselves.

I started this clinic.
I wanted to help.

By propagating your
dead husband's genes?

No.

No, no, not exactly.

Some of these men were
never gonna father a child,

ever.

And my husband was such...

a good man...

we still had his sperm stored
from when we were trying.

Oh, god...

those poor children...

I never knew my husband
had a defective gene.

I mean, he was never sick like this.

Oh, my god.

I'm gonna need
access to your files.

All of them.

I'll do everything I can.

I'm so sorry, Dr. Durant.

What I did to myself,

I was so stupid, selfish.

You were obviously very upset.

But the good news is, I'm fine now.

And now that we know
what's wrong with me

- and can get the right medicine...
- I wish it were that simple, Sabrina.

But what you did to yourself
tells me, tells your parents,

that this sickness has taken its toll
in more ways than we imagined.

I'm not some kind of psycho.

- I made a mistake.
- You need help.

You need someone to talk to
about how you're feeling.

Right. Is that all?

No.

I've spoken with your parents
about something else.

I'd like you to come to Washington

to be treated at NIH.

Why there?

Why me?

Because your illness is more
advanced than the others,

and you need special care.

And by being there, you have
the best shot at fighting this thing

and getting your life back.

I'll think about it.

I'm glad to hear it.

But...

if I do go,

can I call you my doctor?

This whole thing is so weird...

the way it happened.

I mean ever since chemicals probably
caused the father's fertility problems...

Leaving those families of Dr. Mccarthy
and her husband's mutant gene.

That was a perfect
storm of bad luck.

Not quite.

There was a lot of design involved.

The best news is, only seven
more children are at risk.

Yeah, now that they know,

those other families
can be on the lookout.

Dr. Mccarthy's lawyer sent
over the name of another child

who hasn't shown symptoms yet.

The father is Howard lewson.

That jerk from the factory?

I'll talk to him.

If you don't mind,

I'd like to do that.

Miss Rossi.

I have some news for you.

I heard.

You finally figured out
it wasn't our doing.

We also figured out some things
about Dr. Lois mccarthy.

I heard that, too.

How she shot her dead husband's
sperm into some of those women.

One of those women was your wife.

No way.

I'm sorry.

But it's already been confirmed.

So your son is at risk of
developing this illness.

Call me.

The minute your son starts to
feel anything like those other kids.

But I'm praying
that'll never happen.