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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, um... 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.

Yes! 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?

I was just explaining how, like, 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 going to 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.

I'm good, yeah.

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? Mm-hmm. Got it. Okay. Yeah. Great. Mm-hmm.

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 sec.

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.

What? 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 fall 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.

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. Hyland? Oh, yeah. I mean, not out loud. You just do

that Hyland face.

Brendan, do Alex when Hyland's 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. 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.

We 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, Bob. 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. Hyland 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 do you prefer?

Why, you headed down to the caf?

I'd take a salad.

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

Okay, great. Hey, guys?

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

They don't have lattes at the caf.

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 tradition. You know, some hymns, scripture.

Sometimes Debbie goes ham on the organ and 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. We 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'd imagine. It's a bit underwhelming.

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. 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 see yeah she's the worst she's the worst 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. Oh, 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 listen 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 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 peace station.

I mean, it is convenient, but no, we'll move it. 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 go. Actually, I don't want to take sides.

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. 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. I already 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 well. 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! Connie, come on. It's not a big deal.

I told him who you were before Psyche 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 gonna 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 gonna 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. Oh, 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.

Wait. No, no, 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

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

That's like my 50% grip right there. What, 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.