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Donald. >

Hello, Mark. It's cold enough to freeze anything out here.

I hate to say it, but ever since they put

our parking spaces next to each other you've consistently parked

off-center and I have to squeeze out of the car door.

I'll try and watch it.

Ellen does it in the garage.

I had to paint a line for her to follow.

Sorry. There you go.

Doesn't enough of our salaries go to welfare programmes?

Actually, a higher percentage of your tax dollar goes to defence.

Beginning with stagflation in the mid-70s and then...

All right, all right.

Say hello to Chip O'Neill for me.

Hello, Chip.

What's new?

I got a call from a friend of mine in the House medical unit.

They want us as a receiving hospital

when the First Lady visits Boston.

Donald, when someone asks, "What's new?"

They expect to hear, "Oh, not much."

Instead, you hit me with a headline.

Why wasn't I told?

I just got the call yesterday.

When is this happening?

My friend is coming in this morning

and the First Lady is due in tomorrow.

The House asked me to set up a team of our top people to be on call.

I submitted you to lead the surgical team in case there's an emergency.

Submitted?

There's a security check for everybody on the team.

Oh, good. They'll see what a tight ship we run.

Hey, Phil. Guess who called me last night?

Who?

Cherie Daniels.

Ah, Miss .45 calibre. What did she want?

Called out of the blue to say hi.

I thought she skipped town after making bail.

She's back in Boston. We're meeting tonight.

Well, I'd wear bullet proof boxer shorts if I were you.

There you go.

OK, time to wake up and move on. Come on, let's go.

The mission is open for breakfast. Move it.

Don't I get a kiss?

Richard. What are you doing here?

I wrapped up negotiations with the baggage handlers an hour ago.

I came over to see you, fell asleep.

I love you.

Richard.

Look, I know that I've been really pushy...

I know I've been pushy about moving in but I want to live with you.

Is that so bad?

No, I'd love to have you move in.

You would? That's wonderful. I'll come over tonight.

No!

It's not fair to the kids to have someone just move in.

It's their house too, you know.

Marci likes me.

There are four others.

Look, if they approve...

That could take a lot of time, getting to know all about you.

I'll come by the house tomorrow. We'll all get acquainted.

See if the kids like me. How about it?

Well...

Great. I'll make a good impression. I promise.

Here we are.

This is some neighbourhood you're in.

Once that boss of yours figures out a way to provide for these people

it might improve.

The President is not my boss.

I'm just one of his doctors.

My influence on public policy is one vote, same as you.

Oh, it's good to see you again, Donald.

You, too.

Excuse me.

Daniel, I'd like you to meet Captain Gloria Neil, US Navy.

Daniel Auschlander, Director of Service.

Pleasure.

Gloria was one year behind me in med school.

She's recently been promoted to the House staff.

Very impressive.

I like to think I was being rewarded for a lifetime

of giving Navy short-arm inspections.

We're very flattered at St Eligius that you've chosen us

to be one of your receiving hospitals.

Our motorcade route through Boston was altered at the last minute.

She'll be passing nearby and your trauma care is highly regarded.

I didn't know anyone else thought so.

May I ask what the occasion is?

The First Lady's giving a lecture on drug abuse

took a grade school in Brookline then travelling to Boston General.

Boston General?

She's cutting the ribbon on a new chemical dependency unit there.

I see.

The secret service agent will fill you in

on all the preparations later.

Well, we'd be more than happy to co-operate. Right, Daniel?

Yes, of course. But I must admit to some reservations

about standing watch while Boston General gets a new wing.

Well, I'm scheduled for rounds this morning. Daniel will give you

the tour and I'll catch up with you later, all right?

Fine.

Dinner at my house later?

Love it.

See ya.

Where would you like to start?

How about the ladies' room?

Very good. OK, show me...

I'll do it now.

OK, now show me the fish.

PHONE RINGS

Good!

That's a good boy.

Next, we're gonna find the dog.

Hello. Hi!

You did? That's fast.

Hold on. Let me get a pencil.

OK. How many?

OK, the first is what?

How much is that one?

OK, what's the next one?

CRASHING AND CRYING

Sean?! Oh, honey. It's all right.

All emergencies go through the ER.

She wouldn't let us, insisted we bring her here.

I'm sorry.

Hey. Turn me around.

Look, honey. Those clowns in ER, they don't know the difference

between a stethoscope and a truss.

Excuse me?

I'd rather go see a witch doctor than go through that meat market,

so just take me back to my old room. The name is Hufnagel.

You have to be admitted by a doctor.

Look, I'm in bad shape.

Ask Suzie Wong.

Possible MI. She needs immediate attention.

You see? I'm sinking fast.

All right.

I'm Dr Wade. I'll take care of you.

Let's get an exam.

Well, get me a room on the north side.

Better radio reception.

Secret Service's job is to ensure safety and control

should it be necessary to bring the First Lady here.

If there's an emergency, we want your guarantee

to have immediate access to all facilities.

Are you asking us to shut down the ER?

No, just part of it.

I assume you would want us to keep open an OR?

And a securable private suite.

You might also be sure there's an elevator kept on hold.

Fire and ambulance people will be alerted

to take non-critical cases to other hospitals.

I'm not gonna have the regular services of this hospital impeded.

Let me assure you, we don't want to put you out of business.

We'll only secure the building if there's an event.

White House communications, WHACA, will be...

Umm...

Oh, I thought I had a lecture in here today.

No, it's been moved to the conference room on the second floor.

Oh, sorry.

WHACA will be installing hotlines

in the OR, ER and the private suite with direct access to Washington.

That's great. Just when we get our new phone system working right.

Also, there will be a supply of blood arriving tomorrow. Six units,

type-specific, to be kept in your blood bank for the First Lady only.

BYOB.

En route to Boston General, the motorcade will pass through

four zones each with a designated hospital.

You're second in line.

The motorcade will cross into your zone at 3:11pm.

Primary time of exposure in this zone is 12 minutes until 3:23.

I will be stationed in the ER and in constant contact with the motorcade.

Now, then. What about the people I recommended for the medical team?

For one of your scrub nurses, Miss Dickinson.

Why?

Computer shows a felony record you may not have been aware of.

Are there any other felons in our midst?

They also were unable to clear Dr Mark Craig.

The X-ray shows the leg's broken. How did you say this happened?

I didn't see.

He must have fallen off the chair. Sean, loves to climb.

OK, excuse me a minute. Annie.

What's the problem?

I've got a two-year-old with a spiral fracture of the left tibia.

How did it happen?

Mother says the kid fell off a chair.

It'd be hard for a two-year-old to get a spiral fracture from a fall.

Yeah. More like some sicko grabbed the leg and twisted it.

Poor little kid.

You think it's child abuse?

This kind of an injury, an explanation that doesn't match,

the mother's got to be trying to cover-up.

I'll call the social worker.

What the hell do you mean "confusion"?

Dr Neil said something about a problem with your file.

Problem? I'm as clean as Jack Frost.

I earned every merit badge in the Scouts.

Civil defence leader at my grade school.

Won the Silver Star in Korea.

I'm in Who's Who in America, for Pete's sake.

I'm sorry, Dr Craig, it's out of our hands.

Who's my replacement?

Oliver London.

Oliver London?!

The man couldn't carve his initials in a desk.

I'm calling my congressman.

Whoever he is.

She's right out there.

You're from the hospital?

I'm a paediatric social worker.

While Dr Ehrlich puts the cast on your son,

I thought I'd get some more information.

Where were you at the time of the accident?

Well, I answered the phone in the kitchen

and Sean was in the dining room.

How was Sean behaving today?

Energetic! Maybe I shouldn't have given him those cookies,

sugar hypes him up.

Do you have a job, Miss Wilkes?

I'm a library assistant at the Massachusetts Historical Commission

but I had to take some time off.

Sean's day-care center doubled its fees so I'm looking after him

until I can find a less expensive school.

You live alone?

Mmm-hmm.

Does he fall a lot?

Well, he's two.

What's this all about?

I just need to ask a few questions, Miss Wilkes.

What for?

To see what it's like for you and Sean together.

Everything is fine with us.

See it's not clear to me how Sean got his injury.

I heard a crash. He was just lying there by the chair.

How much alcohol do you drink, on the average?

What are you talking about?

Your son has an injury that looks inflicted.

I'm getting a court order to keep him here

and get the State Social Services department to investigate.

I don't understand.

This hospital has a legal responsibility to protect your child.

Protect him from what?

From you.

I never hurt him. I never hurt Sean!

You can't take my son away from me!

I'm sorry.

You can't take him! No! You can't take my son away from me!

This is a beautiful house.

A lot of care went into this.

That's Marine's influence.

I'm afraid the place is getting old though, starting to fall apart

here and there. Roof leaks, the garden's gone to seed,

I've let the place go.

A house like this needs a family.

Yeah.

You dating?

No.

Why the hell not?

Certainly there must be interested women.

Well, the kids have kept me pretty busy.

I don't know, just haven't felt like it.

I remember you in med school. You were the most charming, intelligent,

talented man I'd ever met.

You were devastating in a lab coat.

Still are.

Well, afraid I can't see it.

Don't undersell yourself.

You only thing you've lost is hair.

And a little energy.

Oh, haven't we all?

But it's still a large life.

There's room to move.

Yeah.

Had enough?

Mmm - delicious.

Maybe you could use a change, Donald.

I'm in contact with a lot of good hospitals, there are opportunities.

No, I like the work we do at St Eligius, Gloria.

The top clinics can always get good people.

Am I badgering?

A little. It's all right.

Well, I've got to check with the House.

Maybe I'd better get back to my hotel.

OK.

Thanks for dinner.

You're welcome. Let me help you.

See you tomorrow?

Mm-hmm.

It's nice having company.

Goodnight, Donald.

Hi, Wayne.

Hi.

What can I get you?

Beer.

Excuse me, draught please.

You look good.

So do you.

A little vacation does wonders.

I tried to call you after you got out.

I went to Nantucket - visited my sister.

It was beautiful. Cold, quiet, stars.

Though I think having a killer in the house made her nervous.

When I first got out I didn't know whether to go

scuba-diving in Florida or duck hunting in Maine,

but I couldn't violate my bail.

I'm worth 10 grand, you know!

Cathy says hi.

She's back in the residency programme.

Good for her. That's proof.

Of what?

That we do get better.

If we want to.

Hm...

Did you know that the King of Hearts played

at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge for like ten years?

People liked it when the lunatics got out of the asylum in the end,

because it's a crazy world.

I never saw the good side of the craziness before, only the bad.

The casualties in ER, people dying in your hands, all the pain.

But being away from that, being free,

I can see there's more

and I plan to enjoy it.

What about the trial?

Oh, my lawyer thinks she can get me off.

That's great.

Personally, I want to do the time.

Cheers.

Do you sleep in the nude?

I thought I was coming over here just to get acquainted.

Well, we thought that each of us would compile a list of questions

to elucidate your character, you know.

I wanted to know if you were the pyjama type or the nude type?

Nude.

Gross.

Do you like Oaties?

What are Oaties?

I think I'll get my stuff and wait outside.

Did I do something?

Ira's picking up Rosenthal for the weekend.

Jeff, why don't you wait here? It's too cold outside.

Your question.

I was going to ask if you smoked.

A pipe.

Why didn't you have any kids?

Something wrong with the plumbing?

(LAUGHS)

No, it's...

I just thought I never had much to offer a child and Mitzi, my ex-wife,

her idea of mothering was talking baby-talk to our schnauzer.

You own a schnauzer?

(CLEARS THROAT)

Do you believe in reincarnation?

If I did, I would have stayed with Mitzi

and built up credit for the next life.

Do you love Mom?

Yes.

Can we borrow your car?

Absolutely not.

After OR in post-op we bring her through here

to a private room on this floor.

Rubbernecking, Daniel?

Actually, Mark, we wanted to talk to you.

This is Dr Neil from the White House staff.

How do you do?

Doctor.

She just learned that you'd been cleared to head the Alert team.

Government snaffle, right? Boy, you people have a knack.

What did they do, mix up my file with someone else's?

Actually, no, your file was your file but it was tagged.

Er, what does that mean?

Subversive activity.

Hey, wait a minute.

Your wife sent a cheque on your joint account

to a breakfast programme for the poor back in 1968.

Evidently the programme was being run by the Black Panthers

and they were being scrutinised by the Government.

The Black Panthers?

Ellen?

His IV Solu-Cortef was also DC-ed and he was put on pregnezone.

He proceeded to do well...

Weird.

Shirley acted like everything was great.

That's good.

No, that's bad. She was two up.

Dr Wade, your case please.

This one's a little unusual. The patient's name is Hufnagel.

ALL: Oh!

Woman, white, mid-60s.

Bigoted. The pits.

Poisonous.

What's wrong with her now?

Admitted yesterday with a mild cardial infarction

caused by a clot in the right coronary artery.

Cardiac catheterisation then revealed a posterior wall left ventricular aneurysm.

It's unclear what caused the clot to form initially.

Bad vibes.

The patient's been admitted repeatedly starting with a sprained wrist.

Each time she comes back there's a new problem that's worse.

Thrombophlebitis, gastric bleeding, gall bladder disease.

Can I see the chart, please?

Any ideas?

Send her to Bernheim Memorial.

Mrs Hufnagel's being managed on drugs right now,

but she could need a bypass and resection.

I'd like to find out what caused the clot.

The answer's right here.

She was given Coumadin and clofibrate.

Those two drugs interact to cause increased anticoagulation

and no-one checked or adjusted the dosage

and the Coumadin was simply discontinued.

Her PT fell too low and a clot formed in the artery.

From what I see, this file is a record of medical abuse.

The drug list is excessive,

her primary physician was changed, sometimes daily,

and now because of your treatment, or lack of it,

this woman is seriously ill.

No-one consciously mistreated this woman but what happened is worse -

no-one cared. And that doesn't happen in this hospital.

Looks like everything's in order, Mr Knox.

We're set, the motorcades en route to Brookline now.

You can be assured that St Eligius is ready.

Let's hope there's no need to prove ourselves, Dr Craig.

MUTTERING

I'm not doing too well, am I?

Well, let me put it this way,

you could use a good final round.

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

Oh.

Hi, Ira.

Yeah.

Sure, I'll tell him.

So long.

What a hump!

What did Ira want?

He said he was busy or something.

Will he come later?

Look, Rosenthal...

Ira's not gonna be able to make it.

Oh.

Rosenthal hasn't seen Ira since he moved out.

He was looking forward to it.

Ira's a jerk.

Could you leave Jeff and me alone, please?

Sure.

I guess your dad's got too much to do right now, huh?

He just doesn't want me around.

I'm not gonna have a dad any more.

Look, I don't know too much about being a father,

but I know something about being a son.

It's not always so great, is it?

My dad was sick all his life.

We never did one thing together - no games, no long talks, no jokes.

I was supposed to understand he had a disease.

Well, I didn't. I thought he was a jerk.

And then one day he died.

Dads aren't around for all kinds of reasons.

You know, sometimes it seems they don't love you,

but I realise now

that they're usually just not very good at it.

Unfortunately, you just can't go down to the dad store

and pick up a new one.

You go with what you've got.

But sometimes a friend helps.

If you need a friend, maybe...

Well, how about a Celtics' game this Friday

whether I pass the test or not?

I prefer the Bruins.

Dad hates hockey because of the blood.

He faints if he cuts his finger.

Bruins it is.

Souvenirs!

Streamers!

Bumper stickers!

Patriotic pompons!

Get your flags!

Souvenirs!

Show you love America!

Souvenirs!

Hey, man!

What's all this junk for?

The First Lady, she's coming this way.

Do you want a souvenir?

Who cares?

You should be proud to be an American.

I'm proud of this. How much you got?

SPEAKS SPANISH

Let's go. Come on!

Roger that.

They're in the zone.

This is pretty exciting.

It sure beats watching the President wade into a crowd of people shaking hands.

I thought all you Secret Service guys were carved out of stone.

Depends on who we're talking to.

This looks like a possible broken wrist.

Noncritical patients were supposed to be taken to Bernheimer today.

But nobody told them.

Sorry. This one can transfer.

Spread those ribs further.

He's lost 800CCs of blood through the chest tube.

How's it going?

He's losing blood like crazy.

There's blood on the pericardial sac.

It looks like the knife entered the left ventricle.

Helen, find out where that chest surgeon is.

He was just selling souvenirs and they knifed him.

I'm gonna open the pericardial sac and suture the hole.

Hang another bag of Lactated Ringer's.

2-0 Polydek.

Annie, how about an assist?

Sure.

Dr Cavanero, I just want to remind you,

you're on call until this alert's over.

Chest surgeon's ready in OR.

OK, let me just get a couple of sutures in so we can move him.

Can't you people look alive? Who are you?

Bob, I came by to see if the OR was ready.

Well, this is kind of like standing on the sidelines

waiting to see if there'll be a game.

I still don't know why I'm even on call.

Suppose we run into surgery that requires cosmetic work?

The First Lady's appearance is important.

I wonder what kind of music she likes?

For crying out loud. Would you look at this?

Doesn't anybody take this seriously?

The First Lady of the United States could be on that table

in a matter of minutes.

It will be our time to be in the spotlight.

One doesn't wish for it, of course...

When you get right down to it,

a doctor's job depends on people who are hurt and sick.

Wanting to heal means wishing for patients.

I guess in an ideal life, we'd be out of business.

Impossible. Even if there wasn't any disease,

somebody would walk into an aeroplane propeller

or get shot, or want a nose job.

It's the nature of man to need repair.

Well, what should we do while we wait?

Get to know each other better?

Fine. Just spare me the stories of your gridiron glories, OK?

Deal.

Knife wound to the chest entering the left ventricle.

We got a heartbeat back, BP is 80, palpable.

His chest is filled with blood.

We only got a couple of stitches in the heart.

Betadine drip.

All right, get me six more units of whole blood.

That'll be hard. We're out of universal donor

and that's the last unit of his type in the blood bank.

Well, has the Red Cross been called?

They're on their way.

PHONE RINGS

Hello.

I'm nude, too.

Who's this?

Mrs Hufnagel?

I'll be right with you.

Listen, bub, I don't go in for this rough stuff,

so will you try somebody else?

Who are you?

Dr Westphall.

Oh, Westphall. Yeah, you're the high muckity muck.

Director of Medicine.

Medicine? Ha! You call what goes on in this pop stand medicine?

That's like calling Henny Youngman a violin player.

Well, I'm sorry you feel you've been mistreated here, Mrs Hufnagel.

How are you getting along?

Pains in my chest, I'm tired and worried about dying.

Other than that, it's a mitzvah.

A sensation of death is common after a heart attack, Mrs Hufnagel,

but I don't think you're going to die.

The medication you're on should manage your problem.

If it doesn't, there are other options.

Ah, You can keep your artificial heart.

I'm not hauling that piece of hardware around inside me.

You're not going to need an artificial heart.

The one thing that worries me about dying is being alone.

See, I've got nobody. I live alone. I'm just like you.

I mean, your wife's dead, you've got a daughter in college somewhere,

and that retarded kid, boy, that's a kick in the shorts.

You poor fellow.

The thing I can't figure out is how they can let you run a hospital?

What do you mean?

You're a jinx.

Mrs Hufnagel...

Come to think of it, this whole place is jinxed.

Auschlander's about ready to kick the bucket,

Morrison got his degree from a Crackerjack box,

Rosenthal isn't exactly symmetrical.

Ehrlich, he's got bad luck in his genes.

And behind those sensible wrinkles in your forehead,

your life's a mess.

Ha, I should write a book.

Notify Dr Craig to take over Mrs Hufnagel's case, will you?

You know, it's really hard to believe

that this much goes on every time the First Lady travels.

They don't publicise it.

The less any crackpot knows the better.

It must cost a lot.

What you're really wondering is, is it worth it?

It does seem hard to justify when the Government's cutting back

on necessary social programmes including health care.

You can't just let the First Lady be fair game, Miss Howard.

Aside from her life, we're protecting the stability of the White House.

By virtue of being married to the President,

she's integral to his well being.

Maybe shouldn't go out.

Oh, there you are.

What's the problem?

We have a knifing victim in there

who's eating up the hospital's blood supply and needs more.

Now, the blood we have on hold for the First Lady is the same type.

I don't have the authority to release it.

A man's life is at stake.

The delivery van is stuck in traffic because of the motorcade.

Dr Craig, this hospital agreed to hold that supply.

I'd have to clear any change in status. That could take time.

He doesn't have time!

I'm sorry, I'll do the best I can but for now,

that blood is still on hold.

Ms Wilkes, hi.

I'm Dr Westphall, you wanted to see me?

Yes, there's been a mistake.

I need to see someone in authority. They won't let me see my son.

Yes, I was told that we have a court order to guard him.

But I never hurt Sean, I swear.

I'm a good mother. I love my son.

Please, let me see him.

Why don't you sit down?

Do you have any idea how this happened?

I didn't see.

I try not to leave him alone. It was only for a few seconds

to answer the phone. I mean,

a kid could catch his foot somehow and twist like that, couldn't he?

Why do they think I did it?

I want Sean to love himself.

I want him to love other people.

When you hurt someone, it takes all the love right out of them.

Were you abused, may I ask?

Sean's father, he beat me.

But I left when I got pregnant so my son wouldn't grow up

with someone who didn't care.

Sean is my victory.

I could never hurt that.

Here, look at us.

Sean and me.

That's his first day.

That's us playing at Cape Cod.

That's his baptism.

We're happy. Sean makes me happy.

Maybe you don't understand the feeling.

I have children.

Do you know what it's like to be separated from them?

Why don't you go home and get some rest?

Sean is safe here. I'll look into this.

I'm not leaving my son.

'Jim, how are you doing?'

I'm fine. He's lousy.

'Got bleeders all over the place.'

There's still two minutes to go.

Two minutes more?

Mark, this guy's already below the dipstick.

OK, you've got it. Call the blood bank, get the supply

we have on hold for the First Lady.

Dr Craig, I understand, but you can't.

I just did, Miss Halloran.

Come on.

He's running dry. Give it a squeeze.

Well, I guess Mr Gutierrez will owe the First Lady one.

That's it. They're out of the zone.

Good, now it's somebody else's problem.

We'll probably be using you again. Next time, maybe for the President.

I'll make it a point to be out of town.

So long.

Shirley!

Hold me, Annie.

Helen!

Did you examine for bruising or any other signs of mistreatment?

There's an old bruise on the lower part of the back.

Come on, Sean. Sit up, will you, pal?

That could be a faint Mongolian spot, just a birthmark.

Common on black children. Anything else?

The X-ray show any old fractures?

There's an angular deformity of the distal radius

that's compatible with a previous break.

Well, he's an active child. That could've been caused by the fall.

No, I'd say this is open to suspicion.

What about a spiral fracture of the leg?

I can't say how it happened, but I talked to the mother

and I can't believe that woman is capable of harming this child.

With respect, Dr Westphall, that is just your instinct.

No, this little guy is perfectly healthy in all other respects.

He appears to be very well cared for.

I think Dr Ehrlich jumped the gun.

Dr Ehrlich identified a serious injury that's been associated

with child abuse. He did the right thing.

Now listen, there's a very distraught mother out there

who can't see her son. Yet she spent all night here to be near him.

That should tell you something.

Dr Westphall, the parent is not my concern at this point.

I have another case, a two-year-old like Sean, her mother immersed her

in scalding water. Punishment for an accident

during toilet training. We have to protect these children.

Mr Paley, I'm fully aware of the extent of the problem you facing.

I'll take the chance that we over-reacted. We may be wrong,

but the price is too high if we allow a child to be abused again.

Let the State decide.

How long will that take?

Can we stop the investigation?

No. Once a report's been made, it can't be rescinded.

They're moving Sean into foster care until they reach a decision.

Even then, we won't know if their decision is right.

Our department is one of the best in the country

at dealing with child abuse.

Well, I'm willing to make a statement on the mother's behalf.

I'll tell them.

You think I made a mistake?

Yep.

How can one person be more important than anyone else?

By marrying the right guy.

Who'd you vote for?

I was in surgery all election day.

Pat Paulsen always get my vote.

He hasn't run since 68.

It's the principle that counts.

Jack, how many times a day do you brush your teeth?

Four.

Hygiene, Jack, that's a fetish.

By the way, Ehrlich borrowed your toothbrush this morning.

Wayne, they just wheeled Shirley Daniels into ER.

What's wrong?

They said it was serious. >

I knew it, suicide, I should have done something.

How do you know it's suicide?

Nobody's that happy unless they're going to crash.

Dr Craig.

I'm doing surgery.

It will only take a minute.

I called the blood bank after the alert

to release our supply to you. They said you'd removed it earlier.

That could have been a big mistake.

Yeah, well, I'd do it again.

There might be hearing of some sort, possibly a reprimand from Washington.

Fine.

By the way, how is the man who needed the blood?

He died on the table.

What happened?

Hi, Jack.

Why did you do it, Shirl?

Do what?

I should have called, I'm sorry.

You'll have plenty of time to talk after her appendix comes out.

Appendix?

Shirley has acute appendicitis. She's on her way to surgery. >

What did you think, Fiscus?

I was sure you'd decided to...

Well, like the roof.

I'd have to be crazy to commit suicide.

Everything went according to plan, did it?

Roughly.

I just wanted to say goodbye.

I have to meet the motorcade at Logan.

Last time I looked, it was morning. I'd barely saw you today.

Maybe another time?

I'd like that.

Donald, back in med school,

my knees used to get weak when I saw you.

The feeling hasn't changed.

I'm kind of sorry nothing happened last night.

Take care of yourself, Donald.

Bye.

Ms Wilkes,

I'm sorry.

I brought my son to you for help.

Please try and understand, I thought I was doing the right thing.

Why do you suspect me? Because I'm black?

No, no, of course not.

Maybe I jumped to conclusions but it's my duty,

it's my job to report any suspicion.

So much publicity about child abuse, everybody's on the lookout.

I felt like a hero.

And you wonder what it's like for kids today,

being taught to suspect everyone, including their own parents.

I guess it's good everyone knows about abuse,

but now everybody's suspicious and where do you draw the line?

I've never been so confused.

Hey, I'm a doctor, I'm not a judge. I don't know.

Whenever I screwed up as a kid, my dad spanked me with a belt.

And now I wonder, was that punishment or abuse? I don't know.

I wish there was something I could do to make things right again.

But if there's any way to help...

There is, Dr Ehrlich.

Let me kiss my son goodnight.

Richard?

Helen, I think I found the problem.

What problem?

The kid said the disposal was on the fritz. There's a loose wire.

Hi, Mom.

Dick, can I borrow the car?

No.

Come on, it's just for a little while.

Look, I'll be careful, I'll put gas in it.

OK, only Unleaded Supreme,

don't ride the clutch and I never let the RPMs get over 4,000.

Good man. Glad he's going to be around.

By the way, everybody else went to the movies

so you two could be alone. So long.

Well, you seem to have made quite an impression.

The kids helped me move in. Isn't that great?

Here we go!

Isn't this a little sudden?

What?

I didn't expect this to happen so fast.

It was nothing. Once I found the wire, it was a snap.

Helen, I've never been happier in my life.

I love you.

Well, welcome, Richard.

It's a clear night for Boston.

Is that Orion's Belt?

Where?

There, to the left of the bright one.

I can never tell.

A pretty sight though, isn't it?

Daniel, what would you say if I told you

I was thinking of selling the house and moving into an apartment?

What brought this on?

Maureen's gone, Lizzie's in college,

Tommy's in family care

and I keep a candle burning in the window like one of those stars.

Maybe time for a change.

Do it. You don't need permission.

Boy, that's beautiful.

Hi.

Hi.

Must be tiring watching kids sleep.

You know it.

I'll hold down the fort, if you like.

Why don't you get a mug of hot, steaming java?

That's OK, thanks.

Come on, go ahead, doctor's orders.

OK.

Take your time.