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ER
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Previously on ER...
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- Want a bite?
- No, I'll just watch you eat it.
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- Where is that going?
- What do you mean?
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- You and the desk clerk.
- Do you think your grand mother...
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- would consider this clinic idea?
- She'd probably look at it.
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I have to pay my landlord,
the med school bills,
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my phone bill, the gas bill,
that should leave me about four bucks.
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- Oh, yeah, me too.
- You've not worked...
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- with Dr. Romano, have you?
- Rocket Romano?
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Rocket's sponsoring my BTA.
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Damn you people!
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- Hold him down!
- Son of a bitch!
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That's enough!
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Believe me, it won't get any better.
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He belongs in jail.
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I wish it was me who kicked
your white ass!
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"Ground Zero"
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- I hope I didn't wake you.
- No.
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No. I smelled the coffee.
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Well, let me get you a cup.
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Okay.
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You're cheerful this morning.
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Did you talk to the foreman yet?
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Yeah. He gave me
the same old, same old.
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All crewed up.
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But I talked to Tommy Styles.
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Tommy?
I thought he moved to Atlanta.
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Yeah. He's a general manager of
a construction company down there...
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...and got some contracts
during the Olympics.
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And things just grew from there.
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They can't get enough guys
to fill their gigs.
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- Good for him.
- Yeah.
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He said...
He said a guy with my skills...
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...could make some real good money
the first year out.
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In Atlanta?
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Yeah. I mean, it could be
a chance for a fresh start.
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Better job opportunities.
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Better weather.
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We already know Tommy.
My sister's down there.
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And it's a chocolate city,
so socially-
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- Sounds great.
- But?
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But we're not kids anymore.
We can't just start over.
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Why not? Why can't we
just wipe the slate clean?
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Because we have a mortgage
and I have a job.
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But I don't.
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I'm being frozen out up here.
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And after that fight with Bill,
I can't just hang out...
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...watch a football game
with the guys.
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My life is over up here.
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In Atlanta, we wouldn't have
to tell anybody. Nobody would know.
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Hey, how many patients do you
think we see every year?
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Too many.
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Could you be a little more specific?
It's for my grant proposal.
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Tonight's the Carter Family
Foundation night. You nervous?
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No, the worst she'll say is no, and
I'm back to clueless and penniless.
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- Good morning.
- Hey.
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You in a good mood?
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The hospital settled
the Kenny Law malpractice suit.
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No more process servers.
No more depositions.
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And after today, no more work...
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...because I've got three days
of vacation time before me.
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Any plans?
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Sleep, sleep and sleep.
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Mark, how many patients do we
see here every year?
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Would that be real patients
or turkeys?
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Forget I asked.
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Your count will be about 95 percent
higher if you count all the wackos.
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It's a little harsh.
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All right, I'll make you a wager.
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A wager on the turkey-to-patient
ratio over the next 12 hours.
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- No, thanks.
- Two-1 odds.
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Can I get a doctor quickly?
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Help, please! Anyone!
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See? Here's a real patient now.
You're already up by one.
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Anna?
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- Anna?
- Hey, Carter.
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I'm running late. Sorry.
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I misread your handwriting.
I thought this said 4D.
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It does.
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Come in.
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I had to get my shower in
before the guy in 4G.
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He stands in there for an hour
listening to Howard Stern.
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Can I get a ride to Journal Club?
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- Sure.
- Thanks.
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Make yourself comfortable.
I'm gonna go get dressed.
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This is a nice place.
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Please, it's a dump.
But you get what you pay for, right?
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What can you do?
Especially on what we're paid.
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Right.
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If you want, there's some
Pop-Tarts on the counter.
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Can I make you one?
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No, it's okay. I like them cold.
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- Me too.
- Really?
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Damn landlord won't fumigate
the place.
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I write letters,
call the management office.
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Bet he doesn't have roaches
around his fat-cat estates.
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Report him to the health department.
Roaches are a health hazard.
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Really? That works?
You tried it?
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Yeah.
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I never would have pegged you for
a guy who knew slumlord politics.
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You seem so milk-fed middle-class.
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You know, my family always
had enough to get by.
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Never went hungry or anything.
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Let's go over this journal
stuff at breakfast.
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I know a place that's got
a $1.99 pancake special.
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- You buying?
- My treat.
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All right. Thanks.
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- Type and cross for 4 units.
- X-ray. AP and lateral on that knee.
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- What happened?
- A performance piece-
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I did "William Tell," taking the risk
that the average Philistine wouldn't.
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All this idiot had to do was shoot
the apple from in between my legs.
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- Lucky he didn't aim higher.
- It makes it even edgier.
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- You shed blood for your work.
- Are you Max Prole?
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No. It's just, the blood on the gallery wall
made a bold splatter-
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- Do I look like Jackson Pollock?
- I'm sorry, sir. I just think-
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Carol, let's give him
10 of morphine.
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Wait. The piece can go on and
live and breathe on its own.
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I will be the canvas.
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No morphine.
Experience the sensation.
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You have a bullet hole in your leg.
Now take the drug.
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Sorry, Carol. Score one for me.
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When is Dr. Hicks doing
her 8 a. m. gastroplasty?
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- Did.
- Excuse me?
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She pushed it up to 6.
They should be done by now.
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Hey, what's going on?
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- Finishing up my note.
- Dr. Hicks changed her surgery?
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She made rounds for Dr. Sloman.
You weren't here yet.
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- Why wasn't I called?
- I didn't want to disturb you.
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That was my gastroplasty.
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I know. But you have limited time
with your family, so...
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Is that what you told Dr. Hicks?
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Peter, I thought I was doing you a favor.
If you think I wanted this-
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Hey, did you?
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Look, why don't you take my ischemic
bowel at 11, and we'll call it a trade.
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- Okay, yeah. Why don't we do that.
- Good.
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You smell like talcum powder.
That's so sweet.
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Hey, Jeanie. Your husband called.
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- Did he leave a message?
- Yeah, I wrote it down.
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"Mint juleps, night-blooming jasmine
and warm southern breezes. "
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- That was it?
- Yeah. He sounds like a real romantic.
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Sometimes I wish he wasn't
as much of a romantic.
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You don't like
being swept off your feet?
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- It's the landing that's a problem.
- This Synergix Group...
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Its balanced budget's deeper
in the red than ours.
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- I've made real progress.
- That's laudable.
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- But hear what they have to say.
- What if I don't like it?
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I'd plan on liking it.
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Or you can explain to the board
of directors the ER's massive deficit.
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They're looking for scapegoats.
Don't be one.
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It was a complete accident.
Mr. Prole made me do it.
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- This is your guy.
- A couple of questions.
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I was a bad shot. He wouldn't listen!
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- Gotta love the crackpots.
- Can you cover me for a few hours?
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Anspaugh's sending me
to some dog-and-pony show...
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...for these ER management groups.
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- If I have to.
- He just zeroed in on the budget.
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Said we're overstaffed, ordering too
many tests. He wants it turned around.
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- Sounds bad.
- There's no money.
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Resources are stretched as it is.
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He still wants me to lose another 98,000.
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- Something's gotta give.
- Yeah.
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I just don't know what or who.
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Let me know when you're back.
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- What have you got?
- Matthew Lindermulder.
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His spotter at the gym dropped
a free-weight bar on his head.
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Now I know why I let
my gym membership lapse.
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BP's 120/80. Pulse 88.
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- Pupils equal, round and reactive.
- Babinski's down-going.
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He withdraws to pain.
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Okay. Let's get a CBC, cross-table
C- spine, and a non-contrast head CT.
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- Oh, man.
- What's that?
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It's a Klan tattoo.
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Can you hear me?
How long was he seizing?
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His cellmates screamed
for us an hour ago.
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All the way here.
It stopped as we pulled up.
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BP's 100/70. Pulse 100.
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- Has he been here before?
- Don't know.
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- Wet himself in the van on the way.
- Okay.
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- Can you not use those cuffs?
- Okay, but I gotta stay with him.
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He's waking up!
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I hear it ringing.
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- Any history of epilepsy?
- No.
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- I smell rubber.
- How are you feeling there?
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I don't know. I don't know.
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Hang on. Hang on.
That's all right. Hang on.
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He's bit his tongue.
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Get a head CT and a tox screen.
Can I talk to you outside?
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Sure.
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- What do you think?
- Textbook seizure symptoms.
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- A little too textbook.
- A convincing performance.
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I've seen Oscar-winning performances
for a "Get out of Jail Free" card.
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Maybe Mark Greene's rubbing off on us.
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He's seizing again.
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The labs are back
on that weird guy in 1.
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- Anna, weird guy in 1.
- Okay.
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- Thanks again for breakfast.
- Sure.
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- Could you wrap up a patient for me?
- Is he stinky?
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No. A straightforward concussion.
Just makes me uncomfortable.
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You're passing him off because
he makes you feel uncomfortable?
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Dr. Carter? It's the lab.
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- He's a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
- Did he make any remarks?
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No. He's unconscious.
But I noticed he had a KKK tattoo.
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If we all waited for the perfect patient,
the lounge would be standing-room only.
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Any problem, call security. Until then,
try and remember Hippocrates.
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No pupil dilation.
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Oral mucosa's intact.
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Lucky landing.
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Sorry, officer, it doesn't look good.
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Will you prepare the H20-Na
treatment, please?
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Doctor, that's experimental.
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- What doesn't look good?
- Well, it's our only hope.
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Officer, do you have the name
of Mr. Steiff's next of kin?
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Either he'll snap out of it, or he'll
be forced into an irreversible coma.
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Coma?
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Wait a few seconds. If it doesn't
work, call the coma team.
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What? What? Who?
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- Amazing.
- Yeah.
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- Saltwater.
- Where am I?
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Right now, you're in a hospital...
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...but you'll soon be on a bus
headed for prison...
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...in very wet pants.
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We got your Gram's stain back,
Mr. La Fontaine.
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Please, for you, Vinnie.
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Okay, Vinnie. You have gonorrhea.
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From your chart,
you're familiar with the protocol.
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Occupational hazard.
Price of being a player.
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- You sing?
- No.
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That's a damn shame because...
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...I've been in the entertainment industry
for numerous years.
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And with a face like yours,
you could sell a lot of platters.
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This is a single dose
of Floxin and Zithromax.
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They do the same thing as
the antibiotics you're used to.
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I remember when it used to be
an elephant gun...
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...of penicillin in the ass.
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Have you been tested recently
for HIV or syphilis?
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Oh, yeah, I get tested at Southside Clinic.
I am clean and pristine.
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00:12:50,011 --> 00:12:51,430
- Is the coast clear?
- What?
239
00:12:51,639 --> 00:12:54,308
Fake seizure kid.
I'd rather Dr. Greene not see him.
240
00:12:54,475 --> 00:12:57,562
Not a patient I should bring up
to your grandmother, right?
241
00:12:57,771 --> 00:13:01,150
Oh, jeez! Your clinic proposal.
That's tonight, isn't it?
242
00:13:01,317 --> 00:13:03,361
Yeah, Oak Park, 7:00.
That's what we said.
243
00:13:03,569 --> 00:13:05,489
Yeah, we did. I just spaced it.
244
00:13:05,697 --> 00:13:07,991
I made plans with Anna.
I can change them.
245
00:13:08,158 --> 00:13:10,495
- Plans with Anna?
- Yeah, Journal Club.
246
00:13:10,662 --> 00:13:13,039
- So it's a colleague kind of thing?
- So far.
247
00:13:13,249 --> 00:13:15,961
You got all your facts and figures?
Gamma loves those.
248
00:13:16,169 --> 00:13:19,714
- Just waiting for census numbers.
- That's cool. You'll do fine.
249
00:13:19,881 --> 00:13:23,010
Don't talk politics or religion
and you'll stay on her good side.
250
00:13:23,177 --> 00:13:24,220
Politics, religion.
251
00:13:24,387 --> 00:13:27,391
Or baseball. She's pissed off
over that inter-league play.
252
00:13:27,557 --> 00:13:29,977
- Anything else?
- No. You're a natural.
253
00:13:30,144 --> 00:13:31,522
How long has your wrist hurt?
254
00:13:31,729 --> 00:13:33,564
About two weeks. Think it might be-
255
00:13:33,774 --> 00:13:35,567
- I'll take a look.
- Can you hold this?
256
00:13:35,776 --> 00:13:38,237
- I'll just set it down-
- Consider yourself served.
257
00:13:38,446 --> 00:13:40,156
- Excuse me?
- If you have questions...
258
00:13:40,323 --> 00:13:43,202
- ... an attorney's number is inside.
- Too late, bud.
259
00:13:43,410 --> 00:13:48,208
This case was settled. But I have
a suggestion of where to stick this.
260
00:13:48,375 --> 00:13:50,378
- Another process server?
- Unbelievable.
261
00:13:50,586 --> 00:13:53,089
Impersonating a patient.
That's gotta be illegal.
262
00:13:53,297 --> 00:13:55,217
They should get their story straight.
263
00:13:55,425 --> 00:13:58,887
Mark, it's not a malpractice summons.
It's a civil suit.
264
00:13:59,097 --> 00:14:00,139
- What?
- Yeah.
265
00:14:00,348 --> 00:14:03,727
Chris Law's claiming you violated
his brother's civil rights.
266
00:14:03,936 --> 00:14:06,855
He's not suing the hospital.
He's suing you.
267
00:14:11,361 --> 00:14:13,697
So I think the facts speak
for themselves.
268
00:14:13,864 --> 00:14:16,367
When you partner
with Synergix Physicians' Group...
269
00:14:16,575 --> 00:14:18,411
...we will increase revenues...
270
00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:21,957
...streamline management
and cut costs...
271
00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:26,045
...making your department
a center of excellence.
272
00:14:26,545 --> 00:14:29,926
I'm sure that some of you
have questions. So- Yes, sir.
273
00:14:30,134 --> 00:14:32,261
Eric Norris,
director of St. Joseph's ER-
274
00:14:32,470 --> 00:14:35,723
The principal author on thrombolytics
and pulmonary embolism...
275
00:14:35,933 --> 00:14:37,643
...in the September Annals.
Welcome.
276
00:14:37,810 --> 00:14:40,480
Yes. What are your billing charges?
277
00:14:40,689 --> 00:14:43,275
Now, that is the beauty
of the SPG system.
278
00:14:43,484 --> 00:14:48,740
Collective billing of 125 facilities
enables us to keep billing costs...
279
00:14:48,907 --> 00:14:50,826
...down below 5 percent.
280
00:14:52,161 --> 00:14:55,706
- Yes?
- I have a few questions. The first-
281
00:14:55,873 --> 00:14:57,125
I'm sorry. And you are?
282
00:14:57,292 --> 00:15:00,295
Kerry Weaver, Chief of Emergency
Services at County General.
283
00:15:00,462 --> 00:15:02,257
Five percent is an impressive number.
284
00:15:02,423 --> 00:15:06,011
But what's the actual percentage
Synergix retains in management fees?
285
00:15:06,220 --> 00:15:09,599
We retain the current
physicians' salaries.
286
00:15:09,807 --> 00:15:13,896
We balance your budget by maximizing
reimbursement and cutting costs.
287
00:15:14,105 --> 00:15:17,776
I'm sure you've heard of the Pentagon
and the $5,000 hammer-
288
00:15:17,943 --> 00:15:19,945
Yeah, I'm not talking about hammers.
289
00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:23,533
And you haven't answered
my question, Mr. West.
290
00:15:25,243 --> 00:15:29,207
Well, it's Dr. West.
But please call me Ellis.
291
00:15:29,706 --> 00:15:33,754
The number you're looking for is
dependent upon a multitude of factors.
292
00:15:34,213 --> 00:15:38,843
Payer mix, daily census, physician
reimbursement, just to name a few.
293
00:15:39,343 --> 00:15:41,471
But we should talk about this later.
294
00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:45,142
Right now I'd like to answer a few
more questions, if I may. Yes?
295
00:15:45,309 --> 00:15:46,394
In the back.
296
00:15:46,602 --> 00:15:49,398
- Dr. Romano.
- Lizzie, just the person I wanted to see.
297
00:15:49,606 --> 00:15:51,358
Someone will be limping for a while.
298
00:15:51,566 --> 00:15:54,987
Some wacky artist got shot.
Completely imploded his cartilage.
299
00:15:55,196 --> 00:15:58,033
There's a cylindrical defect
to the femoral condyle.
300
00:15:58,242 --> 00:16:01,121
You called it.
Perfect candidate for your research.
301
00:16:01,329 --> 00:16:03,415
He's all yours if you got the time.
302
00:16:03,624 --> 00:16:07,002
I have, but we'd need to get his
consent, look for a donor femur.
303
00:16:07,211 --> 00:16:09,964
Consent's taken care of.
And I trolled the morgue.
304
00:16:10,173 --> 00:16:13,718
Found a femur that matches. All you
need to do is grow culture cells.
305
00:16:13,927 --> 00:16:15,513
An osteochondral allograft.
306
00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:20,185
I didn't think I'd ever get to do one.
I'll start the cultures right away.
307
00:16:20,644 --> 00:16:23,647
- Thank you so much.
- Who looks out for you, huh?
308
00:16:25,608 --> 00:16:27,486
I talked to Ivan Sheldon.
Remember him?
309
00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:30,656
A night court judge from Evanston
with a 6 handicap.
310
00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:35,161
He gave me the name of a good attorney.
He defended the civil-rights case...
311
00:16:35,371 --> 00:16:38,624
...against the Kallenback
Meatpacking Company.
312
00:16:38,833 --> 00:16:41,962
You're discussing my legal problems
with golfing buddies?
313
00:16:42,170 --> 00:16:43,380
Sheldon is a judge.
314
00:16:43,588 --> 00:16:47,052
I didn't ask you to save my ass,
or whatever it is you're trying to do.
315
00:16:47,219 --> 00:16:50,305
I'm trying to be your friend,
which is tougher to do these days.
316
00:16:50,472 --> 00:16:53,350
Mark, that environmental-allergy
woman is waiting.
317
00:16:53,517 --> 00:16:54,560
And why is that?
318
00:16:54,769 --> 00:16:57,773
You've been in a bad mood.
I don't know how to talk to you.
319
00:16:57,981 --> 00:16:59,858
- Then don't.
- Okay.
320
00:17:03,113 --> 00:17:06,617
What's the statute of limitations
on posttraumatic stress?
321
00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:08,244
Cut him some slack.
322
00:17:08,411 --> 00:17:10,747
We've all cut him plenty.
He needs some help.
323
00:17:10,914 --> 00:17:13,792
He needs friends who are supportive.
324
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,755
He's not gonna have any friends
if he keeps this up.
325
00:17:16,964 --> 00:17:19,591
- Your guy is back from CT.
- The grand wizard.
326
00:17:19,758 --> 00:17:23,220
He's regained consciousness.
Needs a scalp and shoulder suture.
327
00:17:23,428 --> 00:17:26,433
- He'll be cross-burning in no time.
- I hate to say it, but...
328
00:17:26,642 --> 00:17:28,852
...he's actually very polite.
329
00:17:31,356 --> 00:17:33,274
You're gonna need sutures.
330
00:17:33,483 --> 00:17:36,529
Now you're gonna make me look like
Frankenstein's monster, huh?
331
00:17:36,737 --> 00:17:39,031
First your shoulder.
Please lower your gown.
332
00:17:39,950 --> 00:17:44,079
Could the nurse do them? That little
blond lady who was in here before?
333
00:17:44,288 --> 00:17:47,125
It's not her job.
You'll have to settle for me.
334
00:17:47,875 --> 00:17:50,129
It's no offense. It's just...
335
00:17:51,130 --> 00:17:52,214
Go ahead.
336
00:17:57,929 --> 00:18:00,725
- I gotta hand it to you people.
- "You people"?
337
00:18:00,934 --> 00:18:04,104
Paramedics, nurses,
physicians' assistants.
338
00:18:04,312 --> 00:18:06,940
A dumb ox like me gets a barbell
dropped on his head...
339
00:18:07,148 --> 00:18:08,985
...and I get the best care on Earth.
340
00:18:09,151 --> 00:18:10,904
Well, we treat everybody here.
341
00:18:13,115 --> 00:18:16,077
- Have you been saved, Miss...?
- Boulet.
342
00:18:17,328 --> 00:18:18,831
Do you walk with the Lord?
343
00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,209
What's that tattoo have to do
with the Lord?
344
00:18:23,795 --> 00:18:25,588
I'm sorry you had to see it.
345
00:18:25,798 --> 00:18:30,595
That's why I asked for the nurse.
It's a reminder of what I left behind.
346
00:18:30,804 --> 00:18:33,223
Intolerance, ignorance, hate.
347
00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,351
I was reborn through
the love of Jesus Christ.
348
00:18:37,603 --> 00:18:39,397
I've built a new life.
349
00:18:39,940 --> 00:18:42,025
You don't believe that's possible, do you?
350
00:18:43,735 --> 00:18:44,946
Sure I do.
351
00:18:47,782 --> 00:18:49,660
We didn't finish our discussion.
352
00:18:49,868 --> 00:18:52,413
I think I heard everything
I need to hear.
353
00:18:52,621 --> 00:18:54,290
But I haven't.
354
00:18:54,457 --> 00:18:58,045
Listen, Kerry, I'm surrounded
by number-crunchers all day long.
355
00:18:58,254 --> 00:19:01,382
When an intelligent and
attractive woman walks in...
356
00:19:01,590 --> 00:19:05,012
- ... I must ask her to lunch.
- Yeah. I have to get back to work.
357
00:19:05,221 --> 00:19:08,057
I'll tell Chicago not to get sick
for an hour.
358
00:19:08,474 --> 00:19:13,105
We'll go to the Oak Room, and I'll tell
you my dirty management secrets.
359
00:19:14,983 --> 00:19:19,113
- and the Japanese strain of staph is
resistant to the most powerful antibiotics.
360
00:19:19,321 --> 00:19:20,571
- Scary stuff.
- Yeah.
361
00:19:20,780 --> 00:19:22,491
Hi. I'm Dr. Greene.
362
00:19:22,658 --> 00:19:25,202
- What are you doing?
- There are germs, doctor.
363
00:19:25,412 --> 00:19:26,871
You can put that away now.
364
00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,417
Dr. Greene is very sanitary.
Don't worry.
365
00:19:29,625 --> 00:19:32,421
- I'll be the judge of that.
- Take off the mask.
366
00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:37,051
This is a charcoal-filter mask. 20 percent
of people get sicker in the hospital.
367
00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:39,555
I don't wanna become
another statistic.
368
00:19:39,763 --> 00:19:42,933
You're complaining of fatigue,
dry mouth, shortness of breath.
369
00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:45,853
Heart rate's 130. Resps 32.
370
00:19:46,061 --> 00:19:48,857
You've been here before
for anxiety attacks.
371
00:19:49,066 --> 00:19:52,528
This is not an anxiety attack.
I'm allergic to my apartment building.
372
00:19:52,736 --> 00:19:56,408
- Why don't you move?
- Is that your medical opinion, doctor?
373
00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,203
I have environmentally based
allergies!
374
00:19:59,412 --> 00:20:01,956
Or you're looking
for a little attention.
375
00:20:02,164 --> 00:20:03,208
Mark.
376
00:20:03,375 --> 00:20:06,879
Why don't you get a blood gas
and call me with the results.
377
00:20:08,715 --> 00:20:12,511
I see Dr. Corday handed you off
one nasty ileum.
378
00:20:12,719 --> 00:20:14,805
I'm just helping her out.
379
00:20:15,974 --> 00:20:18,894
I'm glad that you two
have some camaraderie.
380
00:20:19,561 --> 00:20:23,233
- It will come in handy with Dr. Romano.
- Excuse me?
381
00:20:23,441 --> 00:20:27,362
He's looking for another surgeon
for his team and...
382
00:20:28,072 --> 00:20:29,155
...I recommended you.
383
00:20:29,364 --> 00:20:31,742
Well, thank you. But- Stapler.
384
00:20:32,953 --> 00:20:34,078
Thanks but what?
385
00:20:34,287 --> 00:20:38,584
I'm more interested in working with
surgeons who challenge my skills...
386
00:20:38,751 --> 00:20:42,506
- ... than dazzle me with technology.
- Technology is the new technique.
387
00:20:42,715 --> 00:20:45,426
And if you don't master it,
somebody else will.
388
00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:50,766
When I saw how the flaws
in the system trickled down...
389
00:20:50,933 --> 00:20:54,436
...and affected the day-to-day
operations of an ER...
390
00:20:54,645 --> 00:20:58,067
- ... I knew I should be in management.
- Then you got your MBA.
391
00:20:58,276 --> 00:21:00,778
And then up the corporate ladder.
Blah, blah, blah.
392
00:21:00,987 --> 00:21:03,407
I didn't kidnap you
out of that conference...
393
00:21:03,614 --> 00:21:06,410
...to tell you my life story.
394
00:21:06,619 --> 00:21:08,453
I wanna find out more about you.
395
00:21:08,620 --> 00:21:10,665
Pick your brain a little bit.
396
00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:13,794
Grapevine says you're doing
great things.
397
00:21:13,961 --> 00:21:15,504
I don't know about great.
398
00:21:15,713 --> 00:21:19,134
My spies tell me about your
waste-reduction program.
399
00:21:19,342 --> 00:21:21,971
Yeah, well, saving a syringe
and some gauze...
400
00:21:22,179 --> 00:21:24,640
...is not the dent
my bosses are looking for.
401
00:21:24,933 --> 00:21:27,812
Sounds serious.
You wanna bend my ear?
402
00:21:27,978 --> 00:21:29,146
Maybe I can help.
403
00:21:29,312 --> 00:21:32,151
The board is convening
at the end of the week.
404
00:21:32,317 --> 00:21:34,026
- That's tomorrow.
- Don't remind me.
405
00:21:34,194 --> 00:21:37,823
They need to cut 10 percent of
the budget. We're already to the bone.
406
00:21:37,990 --> 00:21:40,660
Are they making suggestions
or handing you the ax?
407
00:21:40,827 --> 00:21:44,665
They figure I can chop 8 percent by firing
half of the physicians' assistants.
408
00:21:44,832 --> 00:21:47,876
- That's not a bad idea.
- On paper maybe.
409
00:21:48,253 --> 00:21:50,673
Not so great if you have to
fire a friend.
410
00:21:52,174 --> 00:21:54,677
So this is about more than
just the bottom line.
411
00:21:56,012 --> 00:21:58,223
Well, it's never easy
letting people go, Kerry.
412
00:22:00,393 --> 00:22:02,854
But there are ways
to make it less painful...
413
00:22:03,354 --> 00:22:05,357
...and sometimes less permanent.
414
00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:08,695
Shall we get some coffee?
415
00:22:10,238 --> 00:22:11,282
Sure.
416
00:22:11,448 --> 00:22:15,411
With what I have waiting for me,
I'm in no rush to get back.
417
00:22:16,371 --> 00:22:20,083
Do you think people are capable of
change? Starting their lives over?
418
00:22:20,293 --> 00:22:21,877
- Yeah, sure. Why not?
- I did.
419
00:22:23,212 --> 00:22:26,008
I used to have deadbeat jobs
and go out with loser guys.
420
00:22:26,174 --> 00:22:27,384
Now look at me.
421
00:22:27,592 --> 00:22:29,679
Did the blood gas come up
on that germ lady?
422
00:22:29,887 --> 00:22:31,347
Yeah. In Curtain 2.
423
00:22:31,556 --> 00:22:34,768
Dr. Greene, she seemed a little
upset when she left.
424
00:22:34,977 --> 00:22:36,521
Wanted to get out of here.
425
00:22:36,728 --> 00:22:38,857
- She left before the test results?
- Yeah.
426
00:22:39,023 --> 00:22:43,069
She made a quick call, sprayed the phone
with disinfectant and walked out.
427
00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:45,532
- She left AMA.
- Why would she do that?
428
00:22:45,699 --> 00:22:48,368
Maybe because Mark was rude,
dismissive and patronizing.
429
00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:50,037
I'm sure that's not true.
430
00:22:50,204 --> 00:22:51,955
Not my job to be
their best friend.
431
00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:54,375
No. Just their caregiver.
432
00:22:57,129 --> 00:22:58,422
What's all the brouha?
433
00:22:58,630 --> 00:23:02,760
Dr. Romano and Dr. Corday are doing
an osteochondral allograft.
434
00:23:02,969 --> 00:23:07,016
Well, hot damn.
That's our first ever here at County.
435
00:23:07,224 --> 00:23:11,229
Even Channel Five News is here
covering it for the sci-tech segment.
436
00:23:12,313 --> 00:23:14,191
See what I mean, Peter?
437
00:23:14,692 --> 00:23:17,236
The future is now.
438
00:23:23,077 --> 00:23:24,161
Excuse me.
439
00:23:25,122 --> 00:23:26,581
- Excuse me.
- Oh, sorry.
440
00:23:26,790 --> 00:23:27,875
Excuse me.
441
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,056
Vincent Scarletti, 82,
found in his bathroom.
442
00:23:40,265 --> 00:23:42,893
He was in full arrest.
We shocked him twice...
443
00:23:43,060 --> 00:23:44,937
...got a rhythm and a pulse.
444
00:23:45,397 --> 00:23:48,442
How long between the time
you found your husband...
445
00:23:48,650 --> 00:23:50,735
- ... and the paramedics arrived?
- What?
446
00:23:50,902 --> 00:23:55,366
- She's hard of hearing.
- How long was he unconscious?
447
00:23:55,575 --> 00:23:58,662
Oh, I don't know.
Ten minutes, 15 maybe.
448
00:23:58,829 --> 00:24:00,956
He was here two weeks ago.
They said he was fine.
449
00:24:01,123 --> 00:24:05,087
We'll do everything we can.
On my count. One. Two. Three.
450
00:24:06,505 --> 00:24:07,798
BP's 80/50.
451
00:24:08,007 --> 00:24:09,968
- Pulse ox 90. Pulse is 48.
- All right.
452
00:24:10,175 --> 00:24:13,806
Start dopamine, titrate
to a systolic of 100.
453
00:24:14,015 --> 00:24:16,434
Atropine 0.5 mgs.
454
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,022
His pupils are fixed and dilated.
No deep tendon reflexes.
455
00:24:20,230 --> 00:24:23,776
Carol, get a CBC, Chem-7, EKG,
blood gas and a portable chest.
456
00:24:23,985 --> 00:24:26,446
Call Respiratory.
Have them set up a vent.
457
00:24:26,613 --> 00:24:30,367
- What's wrong with my Vincenzo?
- It's okay. Please stand back.
458
00:24:30,576 --> 00:24:34,123
He's a good man. We have six children,
11 grandchildren.
459
00:24:34,331 --> 00:24:36,792
Mrs. Scarletti,
you need to wait outside.
460
00:24:36,959 --> 00:24:39,087
- I need to what?
- Carol, can I get an assist?
461
00:24:39,254 --> 00:24:42,090
Mrs. Scarletti, come on.
Let's go wait in the hall.
462
00:24:44,843 --> 00:24:45,886
Carol.
463
00:24:46,095 --> 00:24:49,473
Come on. We need to let
the doctor do his job. Come on.
464
00:24:49,683 --> 00:24:51,184
Come with me.
465
00:24:52,895 --> 00:24:56,024
- Where's Anspaugh? He's late.
- He's doing a Triple-A.
466
00:24:56,232 --> 00:24:59,445
Those can slog on.
You got something juicy?
467
00:24:59,653 --> 00:25:00,821
Yeah. Hernia repair.
468
00:25:00,988 --> 00:25:03,993
Mine's a hot appendix.
They can't all be newsworthy, eh?
469
00:25:04,159 --> 00:25:07,956
Unlike your osteochondral allograft
this afternoon, huh?
470
00:25:08,165 --> 00:25:10,208
You intentionally sidelined me
for that.
471
00:25:10,375 --> 00:25:11,418
What?
472
00:25:11,626 --> 00:25:14,337
Handing me off to Anspaugh
so you could be with Romano.
473
00:25:14,504 --> 00:25:16,507
That's the silliest thing
I've ever heard.
474
00:25:16,716 --> 00:25:19,678
He called me in to consult.
Not the other way around.
475
00:25:21,973 --> 00:25:23,349
If you say so.
476
00:25:23,558 --> 00:25:26,729
No. It's not just what I say.
That's the way it was.
477
00:25:27,104 --> 00:25:29,064
When did Anspaugh start the Triple-A?
478
00:25:29,273 --> 00:25:30,524
An hour ago.
479
00:25:31,026 --> 00:25:34,154
My patient's prepped.
I hate to get backed up.
480
00:25:34,362 --> 00:25:36,240
Yeah. You are busy today.
481
00:25:36,824 --> 00:25:39,702
Anspaugh wouldn't mind if
I just started, would he?
482
00:25:39,910 --> 00:25:41,997
It's painting by numbers.
483
00:25:42,289 --> 00:25:44,374
I haven't seen him mind yet.
484
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,799
So you're okay finding another ride?
485
00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:53,802
- I can still take you home.
- No problem.
486
00:25:54,012 --> 00:25:55,346
I just totally spaced it.
487
00:25:55,555 --> 00:25:58,559
I agreed to have dinner with
my grandmother tonight.
488
00:25:58,767 --> 00:26:00,269
So this is just an appetizer?
489
00:26:00,477 --> 00:26:03,815
- Well, her cooking's not exactly-
- Carter, Anna, over here!
490
00:26:05,901 --> 00:26:07,028
Help me.
491
00:26:07,528 --> 00:26:09,655
- I can't breathe.
- Just relax. Hang on.
492
00:26:09,864 --> 00:26:12,744
- I'm taking this off.
- No! It's for my allergies.
493
00:26:12,951 --> 00:26:15,455
- I told the other doctor!
- What other doctor?
494
00:26:15,621 --> 00:26:16,789
Let's get a gurney.
495
00:26:16,999 --> 00:26:18,833
- Is that Mr. Scarletti?
- Yup.
496
00:26:19,041 --> 00:26:21,378
- Advanced lung cancer.
- Did you pull his records?
497
00:26:21,588 --> 00:26:24,966
He was in two weeks ago.
They told him the cancer's inoperable.
498
00:26:25,508 --> 00:26:27,802
- He never told his wife.
- Apparently not.
499
00:26:27,969 --> 00:26:29,013
What's her name?
500
00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,933
Margaret Scarletti.
Do you want me to go talk to her?
501
00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:33,143
I'll do it.
502
00:26:33,351 --> 00:26:37,898
Mark, I apologize for being late.
I had lunch with a rep from Synergix.
503
00:26:38,107 --> 00:26:40,569
- He had interesting ideas.
- We're slammed here-
504
00:26:40,777 --> 00:26:42,946
- That crackhead in 3 is screaming-
- Wait.
505
00:26:43,155 --> 00:26:47,910
I'd like to discuss the staffing
situation since it affects us both.
506
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,416
I don't know what you're talking about.
Write it down in a memo.
507
00:26:51,624 --> 00:26:54,127
This woman collapsed outside.
She said she saw you.
508
00:26:54,294 --> 00:26:56,464
Probably anaphylactic shock.
I'll be there.
509
00:26:56,630 --> 00:26:58,841
- I'll get it.
- The back pain wants more Demerol.
510
00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:01,469
- In a minute.
- Can you sign off on this for me?
511
00:27:01,678 --> 00:27:03,096
- No.
- We could use the beds.
512
00:27:03,305 --> 00:27:05,725
- What should I do about the back pain?
- Ask Doyle.
513
00:27:05,933 --> 00:27:09,771
- It's the hospital's insurance attorney.
- Take a message.
514
00:27:11,273 --> 00:27:15,903
- Mrs. Scarletti, could you come with me?
- My husband, will he be okay?
515
00:27:16,112 --> 00:27:17,447
Will he live? How is he?
516
00:27:17,655 --> 00:27:19,783
I don't think we should
discuss this here.
517
00:27:19,992 --> 00:27:24,205
- What did you say? Will he live?
- We need to find a place to talk.
518
00:27:24,414 --> 00:27:27,250
I'm worried about Vincenzo.
Please, can I go see him?
519
00:27:27,459 --> 00:27:29,336
No. No, no, no. Not now.
520
00:27:29,545 --> 00:27:31,505
- I just wanna see him.
- Mrs. Scarletti...
521
00:27:31,714 --> 00:27:34,509
...your husband has no chance
for a meaningful recovery.
522
00:27:34,676 --> 00:27:38,806
- He'll recover okay? Oh, thank you-
- No, no, no.
523
00:27:39,181 --> 00:27:42,519
I said, your husband has no chance
for a meaningful recovery.
524
00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:46,065
I don't understand.
What are you saying?
525
00:27:46,273 --> 00:27:49,820
I'm saying that your husband lied
to you about his condition!
526
00:27:50,029 --> 00:27:51,363
He's going to die!
527
00:27:58,706 --> 00:28:00,751
Jeanie, can you explain it to her?
528
00:28:00,958 --> 00:28:03,128
Mark, come on.
Let's talk for a second.
529
00:28:03,295 --> 00:28:04,546
Come here.
530
00:28:09,970 --> 00:28:12,139
Shouldn't somebody go after him?
531
00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:22,651
Dr. Corday.
532
00:28:23,193 --> 00:28:26,740
Heard you were elbow-deep
in a rather dicey Triple-A.
533
00:28:26,948 --> 00:28:29,160
I heard you were doing the appy.
534
00:28:29,368 --> 00:28:31,954
All finished. Twenty minutes and done.
535
00:28:33,290 --> 00:28:35,834
You operated without
an Attending present?
536
00:28:36,043 --> 00:28:38,713
Just an appendicectomy.
There weren't complications.
537
00:28:38,921 --> 00:28:42,509
The complication is that
you disregarded hospital policy.
538
00:28:42,718 --> 00:28:45,762
With something as basic as this,
I assumed there was leeway.
539
00:28:46,306 --> 00:28:47,891
You've been here several months.
540
00:28:48,099 --> 00:28:51,604
Have you seen any surgery
performed without an Attending?
541
00:28:52,479 --> 00:28:53,565
No.
542
00:28:54,608 --> 00:28:58,279
I apologize. In Britain we do minor
surgery without supervision.
543
00:28:58,446 --> 00:29:01,407
I was led to believe the same
standards applied here.
544
00:29:01,616 --> 00:29:02,784
By whom?
545
00:29:03,785 --> 00:29:05,829
I was mistaken. That's all.
546
00:29:06,288 --> 00:29:07,915
It won't happen again.
547
00:29:11,127 --> 00:29:14,132
- Is it true he just walked out?
- Cynthia hot on his heels.
548
00:29:14,299 --> 00:29:16,008
He seemed like such a sensitive guy.
549
00:29:16,176 --> 00:29:18,971
He is. Doesn't everybody
have some work to do?
550
00:29:19,180 --> 00:29:22,099
Can't do anything until
he does something for himself.
551
00:29:23,435 --> 00:29:25,729
I'm not gonna make it home
to change.
552
00:29:25,937 --> 00:29:27,063
Big plans?
553
00:29:27,272 --> 00:29:29,691
I'm asking this foundation
for a lot of money.
554
00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:33,530
- I don't have anything to wear.
- I have a jacket you can borrow.
555
00:29:33,739 --> 00:29:35,490
It's from Goodwill, but it's decent.
556
00:29:35,657 --> 00:29:37,493
- Thanks, that'd be great.
- Sure.
557
00:29:37,660 --> 00:29:40,288
From what Carter says,
his grandma's tough.
558
00:29:40,496 --> 00:29:42,499
- Carter, meaning John Carter?
- Yeah.
559
00:29:42,666 --> 00:29:45,002
It's called the Carter Family
Foundation...
560
00:29:45,169 --> 00:29:48,424
...but she holds the purse strings
with an iron claw.
561
00:29:48,632 --> 00:29:51,844
- The Carter Family Foundation?
- Yeah, they're loaded.
562
00:29:52,011 --> 00:29:55,557
Carter's real blue blood. It's this
whole Upstairs, Downstairs thing.
563
00:29:55,765 --> 00:30:00,229
It might help you to take a doctor
along with you to make your case.
564
00:30:00,438 --> 00:30:02,733
I wrote some Pedes clinic
grants at CHOP.
565
00:30:02,941 --> 00:30:05,068
- You sure?
- I'd love to come along.
566
00:30:05,277 --> 00:30:06,361
Okay.
567
00:30:06,612 --> 00:30:07,989
It's like I can't breathe.
568
00:30:08,197 --> 00:30:12,703
It's like something inside of my head
pushing, trying to get out. And I...
569
00:30:13,203 --> 00:30:17,208
Every time I think I have things
under control, it just goes south.
570
00:30:17,792 --> 00:30:20,378
- I'm babbling.
- If you don't wanna talk about it-
571
00:30:24,508 --> 00:30:27,889
A few months ago, I was attacked
in the men's room in the ER...
572
00:30:28,055 --> 00:30:32,853
...by this gangbanger who blames me for
his brother dying of a gunshot wound.
573
00:30:33,061 --> 00:30:35,397
Oh, my God!
That's the creep who's suing you?
574
00:30:35,564 --> 00:30:38,859
They settled the malpractice suit
for three million dollars.
575
00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:43,490
And now the bastard's suing me
for violating his brother's civil rights.
576
00:30:43,699 --> 00:30:45,576
I mean, figure that one out.
577
00:30:45,785 --> 00:30:47,120
I can't believe it.
578
00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:52,418
He attacked me from behind.
I tried to fight back, but I-
579
00:30:52,585 --> 00:30:55,589
He could've had a gun
or been on drugs or-
580
00:30:55,797 --> 00:31:00,261
I didn't even think about that.
My adrenaline was pumping so hard.
581
00:31:00,887 --> 00:31:02,847
You're right.
People on PCP, they...
582
00:31:03,639 --> 00:31:05,350
He could've killed you.
583
00:31:15,196 --> 00:31:16,323
Mark...
584
00:31:17,364 --> 00:31:21,078
...you're so used to handling
everyone else's problems that...
585
00:31:21,287 --> 00:31:23,456
...you're not used to
asking for help.
586
00:31:46,359 --> 00:31:47,903
- Jeanie.
- Hi.
587
00:31:48,111 --> 00:31:50,531
These horse pills are
the hardest to swallow.
588
00:31:50,740 --> 00:31:52,700
We should talk.
589
00:31:53,367 --> 00:31:55,537
I know, today's been insane.
Heard from Mark?
590
00:31:55,704 --> 00:31:58,290
I've talked to Dr. Anspaugh
about the ER budget.
591
00:31:58,457 --> 00:32:01,127
He's very concerned about our deficit.
592
00:32:01,336 --> 00:32:04,506
The overages can be contained
with structural changes...
593
00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:07,051
...if we pursue industrial contracts-
594
00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,179
Kerry, wait. What are you saying?
595
00:32:10,597 --> 00:32:14,185
I have to lay off some of the staff
including two PAs.
596
00:32:14,351 --> 00:32:18,607
The fairest way to do that is to give
preference to those with seniority.
597
00:32:20,735 --> 00:32:22,027
Are you firing me?
598
00:32:25,491 --> 00:32:28,118
Jeanie, I'm sorry.
I don't have a choice.
599
00:32:28,327 --> 00:32:30,288
You were the last one hired.
600
00:32:30,496 --> 00:32:34,376
You can work to the end of the month.
COBRA insurance will cover your meds.
601
00:32:34,585 --> 00:32:36,712
I've talked to Physical Therapy.
602
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,424
They'll have an opening
in the next few months.
603
00:32:39,633 --> 00:32:42,093
Except it pays about
a third less than here.
604
00:32:42,302 --> 00:32:45,474
I want this to be short-term.
We're pursuing contracts.
605
00:32:45,682 --> 00:32:48,101
When the new system is up,
I want you back.
606
00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:50,396
So I'm supposed to wait
by the phone?
607
00:32:50,605 --> 00:32:55,235
Jeanie, you know I value you
professionally and as a friend.
608
00:32:55,402 --> 00:32:57,404
And I'm going to try to work this out.
609
00:32:57,571 --> 00:32:59,908
No, please don't go to
any more trouble.
610
00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:21,308
Do I look okay?
611
00:33:21,516 --> 00:33:22,643
You look great.
612
00:33:25,396 --> 00:33:26,857
Miss Hathaway and...?
613
00:33:27,066 --> 00:33:30,694
- Dr. Del Amico. Anna.
- Mrs. Carter will be a few moments.
614
00:33:30,903 --> 00:33:33,657
But she insists you have a cocktail.
What may I bring you?
615
00:33:35,408 --> 00:33:38,622
- Spring water would be fine.
- Yes. And you, ma'am?
616
00:33:38,830 --> 00:33:40,331
What kind of beer do you have?
617
00:33:40,498 --> 00:33:44,794
- Heineken, Grolsch, Amstel Light-
- Just make that another spring water.
618
00:33:45,003 --> 00:33:47,966
Certainly. Will you follow me
to the music room?
619
00:33:48,967 --> 00:33:50,010
Please.
620
00:33:58,771 --> 00:34:00,105
Oh, my God.
621
00:34:01,191 --> 00:34:03,026
That's Mr. Carter in 1985.
622
00:34:03,193 --> 00:34:06,822
He and Marigold took home blue ribbons
at Tempel Farms that year.
623
00:34:07,031 --> 00:34:08,658
Marigold?
624
00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:10,284
His thoroughbred.
625
00:34:10,660 --> 00:34:12,412
Please, make yourself comfortable.
626
00:34:18,670 --> 00:34:20,923
Hey, Carol.
Did you find the place okay?
627
00:34:21,214 --> 00:34:22,926
Hey, Carter.
628
00:34:23,176 --> 00:34:24,761
Nice place you have here.
629
00:34:27,056 --> 00:34:28,724
- ER.
- Any word from Mark?
630
00:34:28,932 --> 00:34:31,061
No, but everybody else keeps calling.
631
00:34:31,686 --> 00:34:33,229
- ER.
- Could you sign off on this?
632
00:34:33,439 --> 00:34:35,691
- Mark never got to it.
- Some day, huh?
633
00:34:35,858 --> 00:34:37,234
Yeah. Some day.
634
00:34:37,568 --> 00:34:40,572
This is a horrible job.
When is that temp clerk coming?
635
00:34:40,781 --> 00:34:43,367
- ER. What do you want?
- I am out of here.
636
00:34:43,576 --> 00:34:45,244
Oh, Doug. It's for you.
637
00:34:45,411 --> 00:34:48,539
- Tell them I already left.
- It's long-distance, collect.
638
00:34:52,837 --> 00:34:54,797
Hello. This is Doug Ross.
639
00:34:55,590 --> 00:34:57,092
Yeah. Okay.
640
00:35:01,056 --> 00:35:02,098
Yeah.
641
00:35:05,895 --> 00:35:07,021
When?
642
00:35:09,398 --> 00:35:12,277
Okay. Are you sure?
Is it-? Okay.
643
00:35:12,487 --> 00:35:14,529
Yeah. Hang on. Could you...?
644
00:35:23,540 --> 00:35:24,626
Okay.
645
00:35:26,545 --> 00:35:27,796
Thank you.
646
00:35:30,257 --> 00:35:32,885
- Is everything okay?
- Everything is fine.
647
00:35:41,563 --> 00:35:43,231
No. I mean, I've seen it.
648
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,443
I've seen what she's talking about.
649
00:35:45,651 --> 00:35:48,738
An ER is about emergent cases.
It's about speed.
650
00:35:48,946 --> 00:35:52,160
Patients that need continuity
of care tend to...
651
00:35:52,868 --> 00:35:55,079
...fall through the cracks.
I had a diabetic-
652
00:35:55,288 --> 00:36:00,002
I'm sure your diabetic is fascinating.
But I'd like to speak to the lady.
653
00:36:00,211 --> 00:36:02,505
Sure, of course. I'm sorry.
654
00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:04,508
Alone.
655
00:36:06,135 --> 00:36:07,845
- Right.
- Me too?
656
00:36:08,304 --> 00:36:11,934
- Give her a tour of the grounds.
- Okay.
657
00:36:15,647 --> 00:36:16,774
Excuse me.
658
00:36:21,821 --> 00:36:23,865
Dr. Corday, I'm changing.
659
00:36:24,282 --> 00:36:27,827
- Shedding your skin, Dr. Snake?
- I beg your pardon.
660
00:36:28,036 --> 00:36:30,414
You knew I wasn't permitted
to perform that appy.
661
00:36:30,624 --> 00:36:33,335
But you let me walk
right in there anyway.
662
00:36:33,543 --> 00:36:37,047
Like you knew I should have been
notified this morning, right?
663
00:36:37,255 --> 00:36:40,469
You were home. Hicks wanted to go.
Somebody needed to step in.
664
00:36:40,636 --> 00:36:43,388
Like you needed someone to step into
the ischemic bowel...
665
00:36:43,555 --> 00:36:44,807
...so you'd be with Romano.
666
00:36:44,974 --> 00:36:47,393
How dare you accuse me
of manipulation!
667
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:51,357
I deserve better than that!
Besides, if I had really wanted to...
668
00:36:51,565 --> 00:36:54,569
...you wouldn't even
have been aware of it.
669
00:36:59,492 --> 00:37:01,911
All right. I suppose
I could've called you.
670
00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:04,247
But with your being at home and my-
671
00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:07,418
You are not the only one
who likes to cut.
672
00:37:07,585 --> 00:37:11,172
But if I'm the only one here,
then I won't be ashamed of doing it.
673
00:37:11,380 --> 00:37:14,092
Then I'll make sure you're
not in that position again.
674
00:37:14,344 --> 00:37:15,762
Why, thank you, Dr. Benton.
675
00:37:15,969 --> 00:37:18,306
- Dr. Romano. Do you have a minute?
- Yeah.
676
00:37:18,514 --> 00:37:19,600
Absolutely.
677
00:37:19,767 --> 00:37:23,688
I was wondering if you were
still looking for...
678
00:37:23,897 --> 00:37:25,689
...an extra set of hands.
679
00:37:26,232 --> 00:37:28,110
Would those be Benton hands?
680
00:37:28,903 --> 00:37:29,945
Yes.
681
00:37:30,821 --> 00:37:34,409
You're thinking you like the looks
of the 21 st century, is that it?
682
00:37:34,618 --> 00:37:39,290
He simply wants to keep an eye on me.
Don't you, Dr. Benton?
683
00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:42,211
Someone needs to.
684
00:37:42,419 --> 00:37:45,131
I'll give it some thought.
We'll talk more.
685
00:37:50,345 --> 00:37:52,097
You remember Weebles?
686
00:37:52,515 --> 00:37:54,726
Those little egg-looking things?
687
00:37:54,976 --> 00:37:56,978
"Weebles wobble,
but they don't fall down"?
688
00:37:58,648 --> 00:38:00,148
Gamma used to hate it.
689
00:38:00,316 --> 00:38:04,196
I'd take the Faberg� eggs, and I'd
put them with my Weeble family...
690
00:38:04,404 --> 00:38:05,489
...as pets.
691
00:38:09,243 --> 00:38:12,247
All right. I'm sorry.
I should've said something.
692
00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:15,292
But you were so anti-rich people.
693
00:38:15,501 --> 00:38:18,088
I'm even more anti-liars.
694
00:38:21,342 --> 00:38:23,303
I wanted you to get to know me first.
695
00:38:23,512 --> 00:38:27,390
Okay. And meanwhile, I take you
to my favorite thrift store...
696
00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:30,645
...give you a tour of
Roach Manor this morning...
697
00:38:30,853 --> 00:38:33,315
...and you must have been laughing
your head off.
698
00:38:34,149 --> 00:38:37,278
- Not at all. I love that stuff.
- A little slumming, is that it?
699
00:38:38,988 --> 00:38:42,868
Before you knew all this, you saw me
for what I am, a regular guy.
700
00:38:43,035 --> 00:38:45,162
"A regular guy" doesn't
patronize people.
701
00:38:45,371 --> 00:38:47,415
You made me look like an idiot.
702
00:38:49,459 --> 00:38:51,170
Anna, I'm sorry.
703
00:38:52,963 --> 00:38:54,049
Forget it, Carter.
704
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,221
So that's it?
705
00:38:58,846 --> 00:39:01,224
My family has a few bucks
and everything changes?
706
00:39:01,390 --> 00:39:04,728
- A few bucks? That's what it is to you?
- It's a figure of speech.
707
00:39:07,482 --> 00:39:09,943
That's exactly what
I'm talking about.
708
00:39:10,568 --> 00:39:13,072
To you, this is all a figure of speech.
709
00:39:13,405 --> 00:39:14,657
To me...
710
00:39:17,077 --> 00:39:19,579
I'm just gonna go wait outside
until Carol gets done.
711
00:39:29,926 --> 00:39:32,805
Mark? It's Doug.
712
00:39:35,933 --> 00:39:37,101
Hi.
713
00:39:38,602 --> 00:39:41,272
Cynthia, I'm looking for Mark.
714
00:39:41,482 --> 00:39:43,608
He might be asleep. But I'll check.
715
00:39:43,776 --> 00:39:46,071
- Who is it?
- Come on in.
716
00:39:46,279 --> 00:39:47,614
- Hey.
- Hi.
717
00:39:47,781 --> 00:39:48,823
What's going on?
718
00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:53,788
Might be a bad time.
719
00:39:54,538 --> 00:39:56,958
Yeah, yeah, kind of.
720
00:40:06,178 --> 00:40:07,805
- You okay?
- Yeah.
721
00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:13,687
I just wanted to make sure
you were okay.
722
00:40:14,855 --> 00:40:15,982
I'm fine.
723
00:40:16,149 --> 00:40:18,485
We're all a little worried about you.
724
00:40:18,652 --> 00:40:20,195
I'm okay.
725
00:40:22,281 --> 00:40:23,324
Okay.
726
00:40:24,158 --> 00:40:25,994
I'll be taking a few days off.
727
00:40:26,161 --> 00:40:29,331
I got a call from California.
My dad died.
728
00:40:29,624 --> 00:40:31,501
What? What happened?
729
00:40:31,709 --> 00:40:35,255
It was a car wreck or something.
They weren't clear on the details.
730
00:40:35,464 --> 00:40:39,219
But I gotta go claim the body...
731
00:40:39,427 --> 00:40:41,263
...and stuff like that. So...
732
00:40:41,472 --> 00:40:42,764
I'm sorry.
733
00:40:48,688 --> 00:40:50,775
- I'll talk to you later.
- No. Come on in.
734
00:40:50,942 --> 00:40:52,108
That's okay. No, no, no.
735
00:40:52,317 --> 00:40:55,197
Come on in. I'll make some coffee.
Come on.
736
00:40:55,697 --> 00:40:56,740
All right.
737
00:40:59,994 --> 00:41:02,413
I looked him dead in the eye,
and I said...
738
00:41:02,622 --> 00:41:06,378
..."That might fly with your Hollywood
chippies, Mr. President...
739
00:41:06,586 --> 00:41:08,087
...but I am a lady. "
740
00:41:08,295 --> 00:41:09,381
What did he do?
741
00:41:09,547 --> 00:41:12,050
He took his hand off my rear
and apologized.
742
00:41:12,258 --> 00:41:13,552
And that was it?
743
00:41:13,761 --> 00:41:15,429
Then I slept with him.
744
00:41:16,764 --> 00:41:18,642
May I freshen you up?
745
00:41:18,850 --> 00:41:21,978
- No, thank you. I have to drive.
- And it's getting late.
746
00:41:22,187 --> 00:41:24,273
Time for the fat lady to sing.
747
00:41:24,775 --> 00:41:26,068
I like you, Carol.
748
00:41:26,235 --> 00:41:27,778
You remind me of me.
749
00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:29,112
Thank you.
750
00:41:29,489 --> 00:41:32,992
I think you might just possess...
751
00:41:33,201 --> 00:41:36,747
...the extreme bullheaded
stubbornness...
752
00:41:37,706 --> 00:41:39,501
...to make this clinic thing work.
753
00:41:40,710 --> 00:41:43,839
How would you like some seed money
to start you off?
754
00:41:45,759 --> 00:41:50,306
$75,000?
You haven't even read my proposal.
755
00:41:52,265 --> 00:41:55,437
It's my foundation.
Just don't tell my grandson.
756
00:41:55,604 --> 00:41:58,607
I have a stern, unapproachable image
to keep up.
757
00:41:58,941 --> 00:42:01,778
Well, then, this meeting
was hell from beginning to end.
758
00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:05,157
- Exactly.
- Thank you so much.
759
00:42:24,556 --> 00:42:27,142
Good, good. You're not too late.
760
00:42:27,351 --> 00:42:29,479
I wanted to get
the celebration rolling.
761
00:42:29,687 --> 00:42:31,105
Celebration?
762
00:42:31,940 --> 00:42:34,610
I got a supersaver ticket to Atlanta.
763
00:42:34,819 --> 00:42:38,365
Tommy's introducing me to some people.
And his sister-in-law...
764
00:42:38,573 --> 00:42:39,783
...is a realtor.
765
00:42:39,991 --> 00:42:42,827
- So you had a good day.
- No. Not just me.
766
00:42:43,037 --> 00:42:46,499
Tommy knows some doctors
at the county hospital.
767
00:42:46,958 --> 00:42:48,335
Sounds too good to be true.
768
00:42:48,502 --> 00:42:51,338
We can make this happen.
We can make this work.
769
00:42:53,716 --> 00:42:54,759
Hey...
770
00:42:57,304 --> 00:42:58,514
...what's wrong?
771
00:43:03,186 --> 00:43:04,522
Hi, Kerry.
772
00:43:04,687 --> 00:43:05,814
Ellis.
773
00:43:07,358 --> 00:43:09,819
I know this is strange.
We just met...
774
00:43:10,027 --> 00:43:13,282
...and here I am calling you up
to come have a drink.
775
00:43:13,491 --> 00:43:15,868
- I hope you don't misunderstand.
- Oh, no.
776
00:43:16,035 --> 00:43:18,956
You saved me from having
to watch the local news.
777
00:43:19,206 --> 00:43:21,041
I don't usually do this kind of thing.
778
00:43:21,250 --> 00:43:23,503
Sure. That's what they all say.
779
00:43:26,674 --> 00:43:28,050
What's on your mind?
780
00:43:30,469 --> 00:43:34,265
I had to lay off a pretty close friend
this afternoon...
781
00:43:34,474 --> 00:43:38,397
...and she didn't appreciate my
suggestions for getting through this.
782
00:43:40,147 --> 00:43:42,150
She just felt fired.
783
00:43:42,359 --> 00:43:44,236
Which is exactly what she was.
784
00:43:44,403 --> 00:43:45,738
That's right.
785
00:43:46,405 --> 00:43:50,285
When you try to get her job back,
she won't appreciate that, either.
786
00:43:52,997 --> 00:43:55,458
Welcome to the wonderful world
of management.
787
00:43:59,505 --> 00:44:00,839
Get you another drink?
788
00:44:02,801 --> 00:44:04,761
That'd be great. Thanks.
789
00:44:10,101 --> 00:44:13,897
- I wish you'd wait and leave tomorrow.
- I just want to get on with it.
790
00:44:22,617 --> 00:44:26,162
- Let me take you to the airport.
- I'll just leave it in Parking.
791
00:44:26,372 --> 00:44:28,958
- Pick Mark up too.
- I'm glad he's going with you.
792
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,879
It's a good idea for him
to get out of town for a while.
793
00:44:39,345 --> 00:44:40,472
I'm gonna miss you.
794
00:44:43,517 --> 00:44:44,643
I love you, Carol.
795
00:44:55,073 --> 00:44:56,492
I love you too.
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