Original subtitles

Ward One has privileges,

endless supplies, and patience with food check marks.

Thankfully, George has a friend.

So Noa, Noa, Noa.

I was thinking maybe we should hang out sometime.

Dinner?

Something spicy.

Um, food-food?

[CHUCKLES] I'm just eating whatever fits in my pocket.

Well, I am known for my protein-forward pesto chicken.

Wait, w-what are you doing?

Oh, um...

Yeah, you got to train the obliques.

[GROANS]

Side plank the soul.

Uh, definitely a yellow flag.

So, you want to touch this?

No, no. [CHUCKLES]

Don't worry.

Most people ask.

You're lucky.

[CHUCKLES] Red flag! Red flag!

What?

So, uh, dinner? Thursday?

Oh, I'm allergic...

To food?

To everything that just happened.

JC's coming for Ward Five.

You're going to be busy.

[CHUCKLES]

It's the perks of Ward One.

[SMOOCHES]

I'd do him.

[GROANS]

This JC thing?

That's trouble.

Excuse me.

Back in my time, guys would sing for me

and ask for the parents' blessings.

[CHUCKLES] You should've hit him where it counts!

- Is that how Mr. Tess got you? - No!

Eyes forward, Noa.

You look like you're talking to yourself again.

Got any intel?

Yeah, the Latino ghost heard whispers,

joint commission, our Ward.

I didn't hear anything.

Uh, we have a lot of gossips floating around.

That's impossible!

We've hit all of our marks.

JC's no joke, dear.

They don't just do unannounced visits.

- [WIND HOWLING] - [LIGHTS FLICKERING]

D-Did you feel that?

Okay, that's new.

What's wrong?

I'm okay, dear.

Go see Jane.

- [WIND HOWLING] - [LIGHTS FLICKERING]

[JANE] Relax.

I would've been flagged if they were on site.

Are you sure?

Is there not someone we can call?

We all have our connections, Noa.

You just have to know who bought who dinner.

[DIALING, LINE RINGING]

Hey, you.

It's me.

I know. I miss you too.

No, I can't. I'm married now.

Anywho, quick ask.

Is JC supposed to be at the hospital today?

I know it's a silly question.

[QUIRKY MUSIC PLAYING]

What do you mean their flight was delayed?

Alright everyone, we have a few hours,

but that's more than enough time.

I mean, look at what we've built.

Now let's show them who we are.

Okay, throw the SOPs at me.

I will skim them emotionally and somehow know everything.

Zero OSHA violations, people.

Fix, repair, tape all signage.

All rooms will have flowers. They're sponsored by me.

Don't use your phones. HIPAA matters.

Dust, I kill you.

Crap, I'm nice.

Here's 20, clean more.

(In Latin) Talk to all the ghosts,

I don't want any hauntings today.

And you, don't you have anything to do?

We got this, Noa.

Has anyone seen Grim?

He's scheduled today.

No, I haven't seen him.

Do you need help with medication?

Oh! I'm okay. Thank you.

Oh! Just make sure those records are up to date.

- Okay. - On it.

Let's take a breath

before anyone accuses anyone of anything.

You were there! You heard him make that threat.

I will not have you walking around here

besmirching my name, Jane.

Besmirching?

[PAPERS SCATTER]

I got you besmirching right here, mother--

- Oh, hey-- Security! - What you got, Walt?

- What's up? - Hold on.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

[MOP THUDS]

They're here.

Early.

Are we dead?

Looks like Mariah Carey threw up Christmas in here.

I didn't raise a coward.

[EXHALES] We got this.

[QUIRKY MUSIC PLAYING]

Complaint 39.

Requirement for staff to communicate

in a non-English language.

What? No, I would never.

Excuse me.

Actually...

per Joint Commission communication standard

RI.01.01.03,

staff are allowed to speak another language

if it helps facilitate patient comprehension.

(In Filipino) So, thank you very much!

You speak Filipino?

Ros forces me to learn it because I get lost a lot.

[GASPS]

Noted.

- [SPRAY HISSES] - Trust me, darling.

Those will kill you.

Do you like the flowers?

They're fresh.

Hello?

Did you hear me?

Complaint 5517.

Potential contamination risk due to unsecured

open beverage on a patient care surface.

I literally just walked through this room!

Get the EVS!

I'm not going to get cited just because of a cup.

I'm going to post about this.

That wasn't there earlier.

- [WIND HOWLING] - [EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

Who are you?

[MUSIC TURNS SUSPENSEFUL]

- [MUSIC STOPS] - [BEEPS]

Hello.

I'm trying to pull up the patient complaints

for Ward Five.

The dashboard isn't showing anything.

[WOMAN] And what seems to be the issue?

It's blank.

Zero complaints for months.

There are no complaints. Why the hell is JC here?

Please hold.

[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

[LINE DISCONNECTS]

Hello?

Hello?

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

[PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[EXHALES]

It smells weird in here.

Strawberries.

I need to verify an item reported on Rack 7B.

Hmm.

Expired.

[WRITING]

That wasn't supposed to be there.

I didn't have time to finish checking all the cabinets.

[SIGHS] This is all my fault.

I should have let the CNA help.

No, Noa.

Someone told her.

[GRUNTS]

This is where it all began for you, isn't it?

What are you?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

How many breaths did you try to steal

before your body just...

gave up?

Whatever you are, let me help my daughter.

Do forgive my bedside manner.

My presence means the message is overdue.

You're an Archangel?

Clever girl.

You do rise marginally above the rabble.

Where's Grim?

You remember what he told you a few months back?

Every rule shattered demands its due.

That's how it works. That's the truth.

Then I'll pay it.

Because we allow it.

You're not an angel.

You're a demon!

Demon! Demon!

[MUFFLED SPEAKING]

Do be careful with my feelings, darling.

He has permitted patience.

I'm not.

But you...

I know you.

Hard hands.

Harsher words.

I love yous.

Rationed like wartime sugar.

It's no mystery she's glued to you.

Children crave what they're starved of.

[MUFFLED SPEAKING]

- [MUFFLED SPEAKING] - Hmm.

Don't pout, Tessy Tess.

All those secrets you hoarded.

You fed her.

You clothed her.

Yet you never told her.

[MUFFLED SPEAKING]

And you had decades.

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC FADES]

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]

[ARTHUR] Yo! N-n-n-Noa!

Could this day get any worse?

[GRUNTING]

Told you they were coming.

How did you know?

Oh, dude. Let me tell you over dinner.

You still allergic?

What?

[ARTHUR] To Thursday?

To dates?

With me?

[GEORGE] Hey.

What's going on here?

[ARTHUR] Oh, bro.

It's all good. It's gravy.

We're just scheduling our date for Thursday.

[GRUNTS]

God, what? Even your jaw's ripped?

Oh, yeah.

Thirty minutes a day of chewing gum.

- Okay. - Straight sets.

George, don't give me any more problems today.

I'm not. I just...

He was smiling weird and you looked sad and...

I got scared.

[ARTHUR] You do have great wrist alignment though.

Yeah.

- Thanks, man. - Okay.

Stop complimenting violence!

And...

you're on for Thursday.

Ha! Yes!

Stoked. You're going to love my pesto.

You got a great swing, buddy. [CHUCKLES]

[SCOFFS]

What was that about?

Intel.

I hate secrets.

Today was a disaster, huh?

Pretty much.

You okay?

[NOA] You don't strike me as the violent type.

Shouldn't have been hitting on you.

[NOA CHUCKLES FAINTLY]

I just mean, you don't deserve to get cornered

on top of everything else today.

Come on.

Let's head inside. We need to post-mortem.

[JAY] Hi.

I got your messages...

your emails...

and screenshots.

We don't get the results of the visit for a couple of days.

Maybe they'll pass.

You're not that stupid, Jay.

Noa's only had a couple of months

to whip this place into shape, and she's done a good job.

[JAY] Lady, don't do that.

Do what?

I've had your back since day one, and you know this.

You don't understand.

I do.

We're in the business of caring.

It's okay to care.

When I was a surgical resident, we had a boy who was gone.

My attending said it.

He wouldn't survive.

But I was stubborn.

This isn't about you.

[JAY] Let me finish.

After the first operation, he sank.

So I rolled him back in.

Scalpel.

Suction.

Stitch.

I cut until the anatomy frayed.

I cut until his skin curled like paper.

So what?

You'd let him die?

At some point you have to ask yourself,

when is caring too much?

This was targeted!

[JAY] Even if it was.

If you keep pouring blood in a limb you can't save...

you'll bleed out the whole body.

Judas.

[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

[PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[GEORGE] Hey.

We almost finished taking down

the decorations they complained about.

[SIGHS]

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

They didn't wait for the full report.

This was already decided.

The board is closing Ward Five.

Like for renovation?

[JANE] Closure.

Patients to be reassigned within 48 hours.

- Staff-- - No!

They can't just transfer us.

This is the only work I've ever actually enjoyed.

Or tolerated.

I'd be crying if my tear ducts worked.

I'm fired, aren't I?

That's impossible.

They can't fire the person holding it together.

I've met a lot of divas and directors,

and she's the first leader I've had

who didn't make it about herself.

I'm so sorry.

Excuse me.

[NOA EXHALES SHARPLY]

[NOA] You all did everything you could.

But this is on me.

Go home.

You deserve some rest.

Please.

- Noa. - Boss.

Let's give her a second to breathe.

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING]

[PLATE BREAKS]

[TESS] Witch!

I've been a nurse in LA for 30 years.

Meth heads, crackheads, spoiled Hollywood nepo babies.

Do you really think I'm scared of you?

I know why you can't drag me out.

You need me to walk away on my own.

But my God gives me that choice.

[YOLANDA] Hm.

You think you know better?

I'm an Archangel.

So was Lucifer!

Take one step, Tess!

And I'll make sure you regret it.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

You're not giving up, are you?

Oh, I don't have time for this.

- Just sit. One second, Noa. - I have to go.

- One second, Noa. Noa, Noa! - Give me my stuff back!

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

What was that?

Ugh, I don't know.

[NOA SIGHS]

It's pretty weak.

Just like that punch.

Arthur, really?

I mean, you think he has

the brain capacity for that information?

I don't know.

Not knowing things just makes me feel like...

Pissed.

I don't want to think about anything tonight.

You don't have to.

Well, at least you have a girlfriend to go home to.

Actually...

we broke up.

She felt tired of having to compete.

[NOA GASPS]

- Oh, I'm so sorry. - Don't be.

I'm fired, anyway.

[TESS] Jesus Christ! Ew! Why him?

I don't like your pairing.

I'm sorry. Did I do something?

George, that wasn't supposed to happen.

Um...

Do you know what I've been through today?

You? Really?

Noa, who are you talking to?

George, can you please get out?

- But I-- - George, please!

[NOA SCOFFS]

You have a lot of explaining to do.

Where have you been?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Tess, you're coming with me!

What are you?

You selfish little girl!

You're the reason she insists on

staying where she doesn't belong.

Please! Stop!

No!

Get off her!

Please!

She's all I have!

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

All you have.

Oh!

You don't know.

Don't!

Don't!

She's not all you have!

What about your daddy?

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

You don't know about Pacoima, do you?

[TESS] Dear!

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry.

[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]