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Okay, and Brandon, you'll be in Zone B, and that should cover it. Let's have a

good day, okay?

A good day?

This may be a good day for us, but some of these folks are having the worst day

of their lives, and we have the chance to make that day just a little bit

better. So let's go. Let's boom it out. Boom.

Boom. Boom.

Yeah, Ron's still out from his surgery.

I try to FaceTime him once a week, and he just texts me back, stop.

So Dr. Hyland came down from North Bend to fill in, and I don't know, you guys.

Boom. He's just got this big performative energy.

You know, he likes explaining our jobs to us, and it's just like, yeah, we

know. The whole thing just seems kind of phony.

Like he thinks he's on one of those medical dramas, you know, like Noah

Wiley. And don't get me wrong, I love Noah Wiley. I would possibly leave my

husband for Noah Wiley.

But this guy, he ain't Noah Wiley.

All right, let's go heal some people.

You know what, just some more food for thought. No, we don't have time for

that. No, that's it. You heard the man, people. We got to start the day. Let's

go. Oh, one other thing. One other thing.

Never apologize for feeling something for our patients.

Don't you dare.

That's literally a line from The Pit.

Another one on the board. We are cranking these things out.

I worked so hard last year, made a lot of tough sacrifices, and it all paid

off. The birthing center is thriving.

That is why this means so much to me. Is this where you would cut to the computer

screen? I was nominated for best hospital administrator in Oregon.

I've never been nominated before for anything.

Actually, in high school, I was nominated for Worst Smile.

It was part of an underground yearbook. I tried to laugh it off, but people just

said, see, there it is, there it is. Anyway, this feels a lot different.

Okay, you should be all set, Mrs. Walt. If you need anything else, Nurse Matt

here can help you.

He's very capable and very professional.

Thank you, Nurse Serena.

Also, there's a delivery for you from the lab.

It tested positive for chai with elevated levels of oat milk.

I think I'm going to the bathroom.

Yeah, I can help you with that. Yeah, things with Matt are going great.

It's been really fun.

I mean, we're not trying to go too fast or put pressure on it, but it's cool.

You know, I'm thinking about my life and it's just like, you know?

I've never been on a trampoline before, but I assume that's how this feels.

I'm so jealous.

Tell your boyfriend to get me a free coffee.

Okay, well, he's not my boyfriend.

Who's not your boyfriend?

Oh, I was just explaining how, like, how technically you're not my boyfriend.

Right.

I'm not?

Nice and steady?

Good strong core?

Yes!

That was hard.

After my bypass, I was informed that my recovery could take anywhere from eight

weeks all the way up to 20 weeks.

Well, wouldn't you know it?

It's gonna take 20 weeks.

I rewatched all of Cheers, and I built a model of the Great Northern Railway. And

now I speak Italian.

How am I doing?

Molto bene!

Ronnie?

Celeb sighting.

TMZ, get in here.

But seriously, is he challenging himself?

Are you hitting your macros? You know what, Bruce? Now that you're here, I was

just leaving.

Come on, I'll walk you out. Oh, I'm good. Yeah, I'm good.

We're so back.

Okay, so much to catch you up on.

You'll like this. The St. Dennis couple that everyone's been rooting for is

finally together.

Yep, me and Emerson are dating.

What else?

All right, here is that list of dietary restrictions. I'm going to get your

prescription. We'll get you out of here, all right?

Whoa, where's the fire, Ms. Zirkin?

What? Mrs. G, we got you.

We're going to walk you through your lifestyle changes.

You're not alone, okay?

Thank you, Doctor.

I was going to do that at discharge.

Let's dialogue a sec.

Just want to remind you of the importance of making patients feel seen

and understood. Yes, I know. These are people.

They're just on the other end of the stethoscope.

Got it? Got it. Okay. Yeah. Great.

Okay. Can I have everyone's attention, please?

Yeah, but keep working. It's not that important.

Anyway, there is a vote happening. And Keith?

The noise, please.

I have been nominated for Best Hospital Administrator, and Holly is all over the

place. Freeze!

Everyone just freeze for a second.

It's just a vote. Who cares, right? I certainly don't. But it does end at 9 p

.m. tonight, and it's at OregonHealthStars.com.

Just make your voice heard, rock that vote, and you'll get one of these.

Where did you get those? Oh, we were supposed to be a polling center last

year, but I forgot.

Looks like Ted Collins from Medford has the lead.

Isn't he the guy who beat ball cancer? Technically, he lost one, so at best, it

was a tie.

All right, back to work.

Hey. Oh, are we okay?

Oh, my God, yes.

The whole boyfriend thing, it's... Not because I'm not having a great time with

you. I am. Yeah, okay, me too. Cool. Sorry, I got a little freaked out there.

I just think putting labels on it adds weird pressure.

Sure, no, yeah, I mean, I trust you. But just for my own clarity, how do you see

us?

I mean, we're hanging out, right?

Perfect, yeah.

I guess just that I'm thinking of that the right way, though.

Are we hanging out with other people, or... Oh, um, why are you...

Who else are you hanging out with?

Oh, no one, no one.

Well, my landlady does come by sometimes unannounced, and one time she was

wearing a nightie.

Yeah, that's okay.

Oh, also, I go to church with Holly on Sundays, but that's fine, right? Holly?

From, like, here? Yeah, is that weird at all?

No, I don't think so. It's church.

Cool. All right, well, I better get back.

See ya.

Look how perfect Keith stocked this.

We are all one chain.

And thank you for being a link, brother.

Not a big Dr. Hyland fan, huh?

No, I just think he's kind of phony, you know?

He doesn't bother me, but I'm a people person.

Also, he's pretty rude to me, so... I think he's just giving back what he's

getting. What does that mean? Whenever he's around, you're like... I do not do

that. You're rude to him.

serena am i rude to dr highland oh yeah i mean not out loud you just did that

highland face brandon do alex one highlands around it's so good

thank you i was just kicked out of a clown class hey Can I ask you guys

something? Do you think it's weird that Matt goes to church with Holly? No. Yes.

Oh, come on. It's church. It's like the most harmless activity I can imagine.

Yeah. We're talking about the place with the candles and the wine, where you sit

next to each other, hands grazing, promising not to do anything bad, where

you kneel and beg for forgiveness.

Okay, I changed my answer.

I gotta get back to church.

Okay, I don't understand the confusion here. All you have to do is go to the

app store, download the Oregon Medical Media app, select seven-day free trial,

then input your credit card information.

Just don't forget to cancel or it's going to charge you $45 a month. What is

the problem?

Allow access to microphone?

Yes, Brandon, allow.

Yep, looks like the app is 15 gigs and I'm all full. Sorry, boss. I'm sure we

can find some room.

Pill time? Okay, you're an adult, Keith. Enough with the video games.

Pill time is my medicine reminder.

Well, whatever you're taking ain't working, Keith.

You know Julia, that nurse tech?

Nope. Nasty divorce.

It's a crazy story.

Did you see the Ashley Madison documentary?

Bruce, I'm going to stop you right there.

Hey, you're not going to go say hi to everyone?

Nothing could be farther from my mind.

Okay. Actually, you know what? That's probably for the best.

What does that mean? Nothing. No, it's just your replacement, Dr. Hyland. He's

kind of a big dog, you know.

Well, I'm kind of a big dog. No, yeah, but you're frail right now, and he can

smell that.

Let's wait till you're stronger.

Maybe I'll pop down there. Yeah?

yeah grab my parking pass check things out quick all right oh hey when you see

julia don't mention the divorce thing i think she's struggling and hr's already

asked me to stop telling people about it so i go i don't know if medicare covers

that but i'll check the website maybe i'm not getting the best version of dr

highland because he didn't get the best version of me i can do better hey

putting in the latest lab order huh I think that calls for a boom. The

discovery of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient is not really a boom moment.

Oh, of course. Sorry.

Booms are celebratory.

Like hugs.

Like high-fives. Yeah. You understand?

Yeah. Got it. Okay.

Hey,

pop quiz.

French fries or onion rings?

Sorry? Just which did you prefer?

Why, you headed down to the cafe?

I'd take a salad.

Okay, I can get you one of those, absolutely.

Okay, great. Hey, guys?

No. Alex is doing a calf run. Get your orders in. Yes, I'll take a latte.

They don't have lattes at the calf.

Yeah, you have to go to the coffee place. There's a new barista, and she's

really mean.

Have you been getting your paychecks the last couple months?

Yes, Matt. Huh, weird.

Hey, when do you go to church? Just curious.

What's the vibe? Like, liturgically?

That's... Pretty tradish. You know, some hymns, scripture.

Sometimes Debbie goes ham on the organ, and it can get a little Kiss FM, but...

Got it.

That's what I thought. I mean, it's church.

You sing, you pray, and then you go home.

Yep. You sing, we pray, we go to brunch, we go home.

Wait. Who goes to brunch? Just, like, you and Holly? No, no, no. No. That

would be awkward.

Yeah. Her parents join, too. What?

Gwen and Dave, they're sweet. They're characters, man.

Oh, and sometimes Nana Alice joins, and it's like, guard your pancakes, she's a

grabber.

I think it's related to her dementia.

It's gotten worse since Pop-Pop died.

Ladies and gentlemen, the return of Dr. Ronald Leonard!

Oh, no, not a lot of people here.

It's probably not the welcoming you imagined, huh? It's a bit underwhelming.

Oh, Ron!

So good to see you, Katie.

This is Dr. Ron.

He used to work here. I still work here. Ron was the Dr. Highlander of the ER. I

think you mean he's the new Ron of the ER, the temporary Ron. Okay, bud, you

don't need to get so defensive. You're okay.

Well, as much fun as I've had here, I'm just going to grab my parking pass from

my desk and... What the hell happened to my desk?

Oh, you mean all the pee?

Yes, Bruce, the urine.

Yeah, well, that was Hyland's idea.

Staging the samples here makes lab runs a lot faster. It really streamlines the

whole process.

Okay, I see what I did there. By taking over my desk. Is that Dr. Ron?

What's up?

Good to see you.

Hey, did you see the new urine station?

I think he's upset about it. I am not upset.

Fuming at Hyland. I am not.

All righty.

I got you some extra ranch, or as I like to call it, the only dressing.

No, thanks. I take it dry.

You're so good for getting a salad.

Whenever I get a salad, I'm just like, I'm still hungry.

Where is the real meal?

Joyce's stupid medical app keeps sending me all these spam texts. It's really

annoying. Man, I hate those things.

Same.

Yeah.

Totally. It's so Joyce, though. I mean, you know, I could tell you some stories.

Oh, really?

Oh, like last Juneteenth, right? She pulls into the parking lot, car filled

with sombreros.

Oh, no!

Oh, see?

Yeah. She's the worst.

She's the worst. Yeah.

Phony was definitely too strong a word. I mean, once you get him opening up,

he's really fun.

And I did get a refund on those two dressings. Alexandra.

A word.

Is everything okay?

Dr. Hyland tells me you've been trashing my name to everyone in this department.

You said that? You said that, Alex.

The hospital is a battlefield.

Questioning the general gets us all killed. I love that. That's a throw

pillow.

Alex in my office now.

Adolf Hitler.

Joseph Stalin.

Jared. from subway what do they all have in common listen they are not the worst

because apparently i joyce henderson am the worst really alex i'm worse than my

aunt sarah i don't know her well that's nice for you living in your own aunt

sarah free bubble believe me you talk to that woman for five minutes you'll be

begging for jared from subway and choice i am really sorry and on the day of my

election I wasn't saying that you, Joyce, are the worst. I was just trying

to bond with Highland. You know, I was just like, ah, the boss, what a piece of

work. You know how people say that.

Right, and who are these people?

Like, everybody.

Everybody?

Huh. Thank you all for coming. I just wanted to have a quick chat because I've

just been informed that everyone talked... About me behind my back.

Yeah.

I don't know why I let you talk me into coming back here. I'm supposed to be

avoiding stress. We can move the P station.

I mean, it is convenient, but no, we'll move it. And you know what? I'm going to

get out of here. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. That's Island.

Now, as much as I respect him, I have your back. If things get physical, it's

not going to actually, I don't want to take sides. Hmm. Yeah. I'll hang back.

Hey, good to meet you.

I hear you've been holding it down, and I just wanted to say thank you. That's

very nice, sir.

What room are you in? No, no, no. I'm not a patient. I'm a doctor.

Actually, this is all my department.

Right. Okay, so you're a doctor.

Don't do that.

I'm wearing these clothes because I just came back from PT.

And that's a juice, that's not drool. Oh, okay.

So you spilled your little juice box, and we need to get you another.

Can someone get this gentleman a juice box, a cold one? Val, Val, tell him who

I am. I've never seen this man before in my life. Val!

Sir, you're screaming.

Come on, I can walk you to your room. I'm a man.

Not to confirm that we talked behind your back, but who told you?

Doesn't matter. Did they show you the group chat? What group chat? There is no

group chat. Look, I'm not mad, okay? I welcome criticism.

That's what makes me potentially the best hospital administrator in Oregon.

So let's just open up the fire hydrant and blast me. Go, go, go. Yes. You wear

too much beige. You look like a walnut.

Huh. Okay, well, heard and appreciated.

Yes. No one believes you used to be friends with Queen Latifah.

Received. Your lipstick's for the wrong ethnicity.

Okay, let's close fire hydrant once again. But you see how nice that was?

Wow, I feel good.

Now, if my graciousness and humility has forced you to think, hey, Joyce is

pretty darn cool, maybe I will vote for her. Who voted for you, Joyce?

You did?

Well, I mean, I couldn't vote because my phone only makes outgoing calls, but

Holly said she voted for the both of us.

You too?

i voted for you too i didn't like the other gentleman's names of course i

voted for you joyce women support women dakota other people are talking had the

whole family vote for a boss and now none of us know when to take our pills

wow

Just wow. Well, what are we doing here? Alex, they don't hate me at all. You

told her that? It was you?

No, I just said sometimes we complain about her a little bit.

I'm going to sneak out. I want to check the polls, and it looks like you've got

it all under control. I don't. I don't.

All right, guys, I'm going to give you context.

Context. Context.

Context. Honey, come on. It's not a big deal.

I told him who you were before psych got there.

You know, this morning my life was stress-free. I was watching

documentaries of rock. climbers fall to their death and I was at peace.

And then I come here and I'm treated like an imbecile.

No, no. Listen, I bet we're all going to laugh about this soon. Well, maybe we

won't. Because maybe I just won't be here. You guys seem perfectly fine

without me, so maybe I just won't come back.

Come on, you don't mean that.

Enjoy Dr.

Hyland and my pee desk.

No, the pee's not for us to enjoy.

It's a convenience thing.

I don't think he gets it.

You guys, you guys, listen. This whole thing, it's actually Dr. Hyland's fault.

Babe, you've got to stop. No, don't you guys see?

He's always talking about how we're down in the trenches together, and then he

goes and tattles on me to Joyce.

Sorry, I thought you tattled to Joyce.

After he did. He's trying to cut me down, okay, because he knows that I can

see through his BS, all the condescending speeches and the

performative booms. I enjoy booms. I think they're additive.

Yeah. This morning, he called me brother, and I've never been called that

by a person of color before.

It felt healing.

Okay, so you all love Highland, and I'm just completely alone in this. Is that

it?

Fine, it doesn't matter, because in a few weeks, Ron is going to be back,

so... I hope you're right, but I'm not sure Ronnie is coming back.

What? What are you talking about?

Well, I was just with him.

We had a perfectly nice afternoon, and he stormed off and said he was done

here, so I think Highland might be here to stay.

What? Are we out of monk fruit in the raw?

Oh, is that what this meeting's about?

Hey, Holly, they're asking for you in 112.

Oh, it's empty. Take it up with them. They want you there. Hurry.

Okay. That's fast.

So, just a quick update for you. I changed my mind. You are my boyfriend.

So no more church with Holly. Cool?

Uh, yeah, yeah, cool.

Is there, uh... No follow-up questions.

Oh, yeah. All right, got it.

You know, just to say I kind of like this jealous idea.

I'm not jealous.

Wait, have you been thinking about this all day?

Oh, my God. Shut up, Matt.

You can't tell your boyfriend to shut up.

Yeah, no big deal that Matt's not coming to church with me anymore.

He and Serena are so cute together.

I mean, I did say that thing about liking Matt, and Serena was there when I

said it, but it's okay.

It's no biggie.

I'm just super happy for them.

Hey, Ron.

What the hell, man?

What? What?

First of all, you come over here and you don't even say hi?

No. Secondly, you respond to all of my FaceTimes with a text?

Also, no. Okay?

Third... How many of these are there? You tell Bruce that you're quitting?

No, you're not. Sorry. You're not quitting.

You're upset.

Let's just take a beat. You have so many bad qualities. Do you know that? A,

you're stubborn.

B... inconsiderate so it's letters now you just say whatever thought comes into

your head and you don't care if it's offensive or discouraging and you know

what i like all that stuff i do i miss it and it's

real and i need that and i need you and you can't leave okay i'll come back

what you said you need me and i said i'll come back i'll see you next week

i don't know we don't need

Okay. All right.

Winning best hospital administrator in Oregon is quite an honor, but it's not

my honor.

It's ours.

A hospital is about operations, but it's also about co-operation.

That's pretty good.

We do this as a team.

Seeing my people work together to provide care, not only for our patients,

but for each other, that's the real reward.

And that is why I do what I do.

Is what I would have said if I had won, but I lost.

So... Sorry for not having ball cancer.

Hey, man.

About earlier today, I just want to let you know, no hard feelings.

And it looks like I'm coming back next week.

And I want to thank you for watching over my department.

Bye-bye.

Oh, that's quite a grip you got there.

Really?

That's like my 50% grip right there. Why, am I hurting you? No, it looks like

you're straining, though. No, I stopped squeezing a long time ago. This is what

I call my no-grip grip, really. Oh, yeah, me too. Yeah, me too.

Uh-huh.

Okay.

You know, I had to go take care of some patients.

I let go because I think I got an itch. Yeah.

Well, it's official.

I just told Joyce I'm coming back next week. That's great.

Joyce, huh? Was it awkward?

Did you bring up the thing?

What thing?

You know, the thing you said after surgery.

Where's my... Where's my choice?

Do not show this to anyone.