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- Your new chief
is Dr. Ethan Choi.

[applause]

- We're ready to try that med

for an oral
heart failure medication.

- Dr. Virani,

would you be willing
to talk about that offer?

- Talking about myself
is not really my thing.

I consider myself
more of a stoic.

- Big on hiding emotion.
That you?

- Mom's moving us
to Arizona.

- Hasn't happened yet.
We're gonna figure it out.

- I know your heart's
in this COVID battle,

but you can't go it alone.

- They are sick,
and they are alone.

I'm not abandoning them.

[MC Hammer's
"U Can't Touch This" playing]

[cheering]

I don't know what I'm gonna
do at lunch every day

without talking to your kids
on FaceTime.

- Oh, don't you worry.

I'll make sure Annie still
sends you her recipes.

- Good.

You take care of yourself,
Mr. Booker.

- You too.

Thank you so much
for everything.

♪

- Hey.

- Dr. Manning.

You look so--what's the word?

Decontaminated.
- Oh, why, thank you!

And I'm sensing a temperature
on you of, what?

98.4?
.5?

- Oh, as a matter of fact,
you're wrong.

98.7.

- Oh.
[laughs]

- Yes, I tend to run
a little hot.

- Oh, I'm sure you do.

[laughs]

- And what was that?
- [laughs]

With Crockett?
Nothing.

- Oh, no.
- Hmm?

- Ben and I have never
exchanged temperatures.

- [laughs]
Stop it.

- Grab your earbuds.
You are on Telemedicine.

- What?
No.

- Sorry, everybody's
gotta clock in their hours.

- Ugh, I hate working
through a computer screen.

It's so impersonal.

- Well, just break the ice.

Ask them for their temperature.

- Oh, my God.

- Dr. Choi, I just got
off with the Board.

They're concerned about your
projections for next month.

- I understand, but with Norris
shutting its ED,

we had to ramp up
for the influx of patients.

- And I'm sure you're doing
everything you can,

but with the losses we
sustained from treating COVID,

they're watching every penny.
- I get it.

I can try to reassess
some protocols,

maybe find a few more beds.

- Maybe you should look at how
you're allocating your staff.

Look, I know this isn't easy,

but if Norris' ED
can go under,

it could happen to us.

- Yes, ma'am.

[video call ringing]

- Hey.
- Hey.

Anna got
her algebra test back.

A-minus.
- Wow, great.

- Mm-hmm, I know.

- Why does that sound
like a lead

into something
much less pleasant?

- The transfer to Arizona
came through.

I start in a month.

- So you already took it?

I thought we were gonna talk
about this.

- I can't pass this up.

- You can't just take Anna
a thousand miles away

without discussing it with me.

- There's a direct flight.

You can come see her
on the weekends.

[phone chiming]

- Susan,
it's a direct violation

of our divorce agreement.

We really want to end up
in court over this?

[phone chimes]

- I know this is hard

and you guys have gotten
so close, but--

- Look, I'm sorry, but they
need me down there in the ED.

We're just gonna have
to pick this up later, okay?

- But I just--

- Hey, what's so important?

- I'm sorry to do this,

but I have to bring you
back down to the ED.

- Is this about
my safety again?

- That's part of it.

You've been in the COVID ward
for over a month,

and we've had a couple nurses
test positive.

- All the more reason
for me to stay here.

- It isn't just that.

I have to balance my staff
between wards.

Please, I need you downstairs.

- You know how important
this is to me.

- Of course I do.
- We just discharged

another patient this morning.

I am helping people
get through this.

- Look, I understand,
and it isn't forever.

- You can't do this.
- I can and I have to.

[soft dramatic music]

I expect you down there
in an hour.

♪

- Dr. Choi?

Patients are backing up
into the lobby.

What do you want me to do?

- Get Doris to double up
on room turnover.

April.

Dr. Charles,

I have a young woman in 6
who needs IV antibiotics,

but is a little anxious
about needles,

and I need to move things
along.

Think you and April
could give it a try?

- Yeah, sure.

- Whatever you say, Chief.

- Thanks.

[soft dramatic music]

- Everything all right?
- No.

Ethan yanked me off
the COVID ward.

- Oh.
- Despite knowing how I feel.

- You want to talk about it?

- There's nothing
to talk about.

♪

Hi, I'm April.
I'm gonna start your IV.

- How are you doing?
I'm Dr. Charles.

You must be Lisa.

- Yes.
Very nice to meet you, sir.

- Wow, that is quite
an infection you have there--

Well, listen,
you don't need to worry.

Everybody in here has been
tested negative for COVID,

just like you.
Okay?

You mind if I have a seat?

- Okay.
- So...

in my experience,

the trick
to this whole business

is to talk about movies.

My favorite movie
happens to be "Amadeus."

How about you?

- Uh, I don't know.

- Okay, um...

well, then, how about books?

You been--you been reading
anything good recently?

- Ah...

I don't really read.
I work as a babysitter.

- So you must like kids then?

- Just breathe.

- Yes, I take care of a boy
and a girl,

Tommy and Bridget.

They're brother and sister,
ages eight and 10.

- Got it.
So...

is that "Bridget"
with a D or a T?

'Cause, you know, the Irish--
they spell it kinda weird.

- Is it in?
- Yep, all done.

- Lisa, somebody's gonna
be back

to check up on you
in a second, okay?

Nice to meet you, Lisa.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- That was odd.

- It was odd.

But, you know, I mean, come on.

Hospitals can be scary places,
especially these days.

But I tell you what,

give me a heads-up
when her labs come in, okay?

I might want to talk
to her again.

- Okay.
- Thank you.

♪

- We see a lot
of heart failure here.

With some hard work,

I think we could fill
this trial

in a matter of weeks,
not months.

- I like your enthusiasm.

- Well, I mean, I saw
the phase 2 results.

Ejection fraction is up
an average of 40%?

This drug could be
a game changer.

Morning, Mags.

- Morning.

- We're starting
the clinical trial today.

- Okay.
- Let me know if we get any

heart failure patients.

- Oh, you're in luck.

We got one in 5 right now.

- Well, I'll let you know
how it goes.

- Great.
- All right.

Mags, I'd like you with me
on this one.

- All right.

- Mr. Esquivel?

Am I saying that right?

- [chuckles]
Si.

- I'm Dr. Halstead.
How're you feeling?

- Hard to breathe.

Tired.
- Mm-hmm.

Yeah, he's got
a right-sided effusion.

Gonna need a tap.

Sir, it says you've been
here before for heart failure.

- I have?

- Yes.

And looks like it's gotten
a bit worse.

Are you taking your medication?

- Blue ones, white ones.
- Good.

But they may not be working
well enough.

Here's the thing.

I'm actually involved
in testing

a brand-new heart failure drug,

and based on what I'm seeing,

I think you could be
an excellent candidate.

- More pills?
- Just one.

And it would help your heart
pump better.

Now, it is experimental,

and we don't have a ton
of data on it,

but what we do have
is extremely encouraging.

- It will make me better?

- I can't make any promises,
but in this trial,

three out of the four patients
get the medication.

As long as you are one of them,

we should see results
pretty quickly.

What do you say?

Wanna give it a try?

- Okay.

- Yeah?

I just want to make sure
you understand

what I'm proposing.

- Whatever you say, doc.

- All right.

I'll be back in a minute
with the paperwork,

and we'll get you going.

[soft dramatic music]

Set him up for a thoracentesis,

and I'll get you
the list of labs for the trial.

- Yeah, but--

are you sure he understood?

He didn't seem all there.

- He seemed cognizant
enough to me.

I asked him twice.

- Yeah,
but you said it yourself.

It's possible that he gets
into the control group.

He might not even get the drug.
- Right.

But the control group gets the
standard of care regardless,

and after 12 weeks, everyone
gets put on the drug anyways.

He's making a good choice.

♪

[alarm beeping]

- Baghdad?

- Got a 28-year-old
female paramedic

with a knife wound
in the right flank.

123/70,
heart rate 82,

respiration's 26.

COVID negative.

- Lanik, Marcel, you're up.
Doris?

- Yep.
- I'll help.

- Just keep doing it
that way, okay?

- Check her belly for fluid.

- Megan?
What happened?

- I was on call, and a guy
jumped out of nowhere.

- Okay.

All right,
we're gonna help you out.

Here we go, on my count.

One, two, three.

- [groans]

- Okay, let's have a look.

- How bad is it?

- I've seen worse.

- You two know each other?

- Yeah, we've crossed paths.

- [laughs]
Usually over a Sazerac.

Or three.

- You know, if you really
wanted to see me again,

you could have just called.

- [laughs]
Oh, don't.

- Easy.
- It hurts.

Oh, he always could
make me laugh.

- He's a funny guy.

- Okay, no free fluid.
Good.

Doris, type and cross
for 6 and 6.

Hang two uncrossed units
and call up for an abdomen CT.

- Uh-huh.
- Am I gonna need surgery?

- It depends if it got
the kidney.

- We'll see what the scans say.

- If you can do it
without surgery...

My wedding's in two weeks.

- You're getting married?

That's fantastic.
I'm happy for you.

- Yeah.
Yeah, no, it is.

Could have been this one
if he wasn't so hard to land.

[groans]
- Well, all right.

We're gonna take good care
of you, all right?

- Okay.

- In the meantime,
lay off the street fighting.

- [laughs]

- I'll draw up some labs.
- That's okay, Trauma's got it.

You don't get out of
Telemedicine that easy.

- You two seem to know
each other pretty well.

- Yeah, we had some good times.

Lucky for her, she was smart
enough to get away.

- [laughs]

Tell me, are there any women
in Chicago

you have not had
a Sazerac with?

- There's still a few
on my list.

- Hmm.

- Is this done yet?

- Almost.
Before you go,

Dr. Choi would like
to give you a supplement.

- Why?
- Your lab work revealed

you have an extreme
vitamin D deficiency.

- We get our vitamin D
from the sun.

You not been leaving
the house too much?

- I do, to play with the kids
I babysit.

- Right, of course.
Thomas and... Brittany?

- Yes.

- Or is it Bridget?

- Bridget.
Yeah, Bridget.

- Right, of course.

So you got a nice park
you take 'em to?

Where do you go?

- Different places.

Can you do this fast?
I need to get back soon.

- Yeah, of course we can.

You got a long drive today?

Where do you live, just if you
don't mind me asking?

- I don't know.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- Just hang in there, Lisa.
We'll get you out of here soon.

♪

- That poor girl is so scared.

It doesn't seem like just
a needle phobia.

- Did she have any ID
when she came in,

or emergency contact info?

- Nope.
- What are you thinking?

- Well, she is
extremely fearful,

but also, she repeats
her backstory

like she's on some kind
of robotic tape loop.

- What do you mean?

- Look, she doesn't spend
a lot of time outside, clearly.

She could have been abducted.

- Maybe.

Or she could have
just been in quarantine

and scared of hospitals.

- Well, you could be right,

but I really do think we
should look into it.

- Okay.

Do what you can,
but she wants to leave,

so as soon as her bag runs,
I gotta let her go.

- Ethan.
- You're talking about

getting PD down here,
interviewing her,

you know,
checking out her story.

- Then we could take a picture.

Have them run it through
the missing persons registry.

- It's not ethical
to take a picture of her

without her consent.
- I'll figure it out.

But if taking a picture
could save this woman's life,

that's what I'm gonna do.

[soft dramatic music]

- Okay, so tell me...

how long have you been
feeling nauseous for?

- A few days,
but it's getting worse,

and my heart's been beating
really fast.

- Do you have any history
of diabetes,

heart or stomach issues?

- I don't think so,

but I haven't seen a doctor

since Dr. Kelson retired.

- So have you ever had
these symptoms before?

- A few times.

My cousin thinks
I have an ulcer.

What do you think?

- Well, I don't really
want to speculate

based on such limited history,

so I do think it's best
that you come in

for some blood work.

- Oh, I can't do that.

We're still in a pandemic.

- The hospital is actually
very safe.

We're taking every precaution.

- I'm sure,
but I'm of an age that--

- I understand, but, you know,
with your symptoms,

I really do think it's best
that you come in.

- I can't.
I'm so sorry.

- Okay, you know what?

I will write you up
some anti-nausea medication

for the pharmacy
to deliver to you,

but in the meantime, if
your symptoms do get worse,

I really need you to call me
back immediately, okay?

- Oh, I will.

- All right, thank you.
Bye.

- [sighs]

- Any luck?

- PD ran Lisa's photo,
and they didn't get a match.

I mean, it is possible
it never got reported,

which happens
more than you think.

- What I don't get is
if she was being held captive,

why would they let her
come here alone?

- Well, her captor
might believe

that she's been
so well conditioned

that she'd just come
right back.

- Like brainwashed?
- Yeah, I mean, think about it.

If your only reality
is what the people

who are controlling you
say it is,

you know, you wouldn't dream
defying it.

- Lisa's IV is finished,
and she's asking to leave.

- Ethan, she might be
in trouble.

We can't just send her
back out there.

- Did PD make an ID?
- She's not in the system.

- Then I can't leave her here.

- Hey, I gotta tell ya,
I just--

my gut's telling me that's
not the right move yet.

- Can I go now?

- We are done with
your medical treatment, but...

the hospital is a safe place,

and it's our job
to protect you,

which means that if you are
feeling harmed or--

- I want to leave.

- Lisa, if anybody is holding
you against your will--

- Just let me go!

- Okay.

Here's your discharge
paperwork.

Just sign at the bottom.

- What do I do with this?

- Why don't you, um...

why don't you let us print
that out for you, okay?

Be right back.

Okay, look.

iPad's been around
for how long?

What, like 10 years?

- Something like that.
- Yeah.

She had no idea what this was.

Listen, we've been looking
all along for a missing adult,

and maybe what we should have
been looking for

is a missing child.

- Wait, what are you
talking about?

- What if she
was abducted years ago?

- When she was a kid?
- It'd be totally possible.

- She hasn't indicated
that she's in trouble,

and she's not asking
for our help.

We have no grounds to keep her.

- She could be in danger.

I don't understand
why you just--

- I'm sorry.

- [sighs]

[soft dramatic music]

- Buddy.

I understand the kind
of pressure you're under.

Really, I do.

Bu are you sure this is how
you want to run your ED?

Give us an hour.

♪

- Okay, all set.

Good.
- Dad?

Are you okay?

- Marí?

Estoy bien.

- What happened?

- Hi, I'm Dr. Halstead.

Your father just had a flare
of pulmonary edema.

Caused him
some trouble breathing,

but he's doing okay now.

- Oh, God,
it keeps getting worse.

- Yeah, you know,
fortunately I was able

to sign him up
for a brand-new clinical trial.

I think it's really gonna help.

- What, like an experiment?

- I wouldn't characterize it
like that.

It's an opportunity
for a new medication,

and he said he wants it.

- He can't make a decision
like that.

- You know, there's not much
to decide, really.

He takes a pill a day
and comes in twice a week

so we can check his blood--
- Twice a week?

I'm his sole caretaker,
and I work.

There's no way.

His cardiologist said
he should be evaluated

for something called an LVAD.

- Hmm, that's
a surgical procedure.

Given his age
and ventricular insufficiency,

I do not think he'd
be a good candidate.

He's already taken
the first dose of medication.

If we can just give it
a little time--

- I'm sorry,
we're not interested.

If you could please
call someone down

and have him evaluated
for the LVAD,

I'd appreciate it.

- Ms. Esquivel, please--
- Doctor.

That's what we want.

- Okay, I will--I will
give them a call.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- [sighs]

- Megan's still here.

Does that mean her kidney
wasn't involved?

- Well, there's a laceration
on the inferior pole,

but IR was able to embolize it.

- The blush looks pretty large.

You sure that'll cover it?

- I--I think it will.

- And you got Lanik to agree
not to operate?

- Well, it took
a little convincing.

- By someone working very hard

to carry out
his special friend's wishes?

- Oh, you nailed me.
I'm a helpless pushover, man.

- Oh, really, though,

don't you think you're being
a little conservative?

If her pressure drops,
then you'll be taking

an unstable patient
into surgery.

- I'm sorry, have we met?
'Cause Dr. Natalie Manning

doesn't usually advocate
for surgery.

But thank you.

Always appreciate
a colleague's input.

- Anytime.

- Always.

- [chuckles]

- This is impossible.

We're never gonna find her.

[sighs]

Ethan should never have taken
me off the COVID ward.

At least there I felt like
I was doing something,

having an impact.

- You felt...

felt a real purpose.

- Yeah.

- I can see how that
would be hard,

leaving that behind.

But I've known you
for a long time,

and it seems to me,

you make yourself pretty damn
useful wherever you are.

- Yeah, but this was different.

I felt like I was finally...

I don't know.

I found myself.

Who I am.

- Yeah.

- And Ethan took
that away from me.

[knocking]

- Have you found a match?

- Well, it's tricky, you know?

'Cause we have no idea
what she looked like

when she was a kid.

- Send me her pic.

I--I found a face app

that can de-age it.

If she was abducted, it might
help us find a match.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

[phone chimes]

♪

It's a long shot, but...

♪

- She looks familiar.

- Wait, that's...

K--Kelly, um...

Kelly Bissett, from Wheaton.

Disappeared a bunch
of years ago.

It was all over the news.

♪

Kelly Bissett.
Wheaton, Illinois.

That's her.

- April, make sure
she doesn't leave.

I'll call PD.

♪

[monitor beeping]

- Dr. Marcel?
- Yeah?

- Her pressure's dropping.

[monitor beeping]

- Hey.

How're you feeling?

- Kinda light-headed.

- Let's have a look.

[soft dramatic music]

That's a problem.

- What is it?

- There's blood in her Foley.
- Call upstairs.

We gotta get her up
to the O.R. now.

- Wait, what's--what's
going on?

- Your kidney's still bleeding.

There could be serious damage.

- What are you gonna do?

- We might have to remove it.

I'm sorry, Megan.

- Okay.

Do whatever you have to do.

[tablet ringing]

- Ms. Webb.

- Dr. Manning, how are you?

- I'm fine, but how are you?

- Well, you told me to call
if I had more symptoms.

- Right.

- My hands are kind of tingly
and numb and...

it feels weird moving my arms.

- How long has this been
going on for?

- About an hour.

Is it something bad?

- I don't know, but I do really
need you to come in now.

- Oh, no, please.

Can you just ask me
a few more questions?

- I'm gonna need
more information than that.

Run tests.

You know, this is an
odd combination of symptoms.

I want to make sure
I'm not missing anything.

- Well, maybe if we just gave
it a little more time.

- Why don't I do
some more research on this

and I will give you
a call back, okay?

But if this gets worse,

I need you to promise me
that you'll come in.

- But you'll definitely
call me back?

- Absolutely.

Okay?

- Thank you.
- Of course, bye.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- Good news.

Your father's sats
are looking better.

- Okay, but cardiology
still hasn't come by.

Have you heard anything?

- Yeah, I apprised them
of the situation,

but I did tell them
to hold off on coming down.

- Wait, what?

Why?

- I wanted to see
if he would improve,

and he did.

His ejection fraction
is up 4%, his heart--

- I made it very clear
what I wanted.

- I know, I know.

I wanted to get
his echo results in--

- How much do they pay him
for this trial?

- Maria.
- Forget it.

I'm calling his cardiologist.

- No, no, no, please.

Hey, you're making
a big mistake.

- Dr. Halstead?

Trina, come here.
- Ms. Esquivel?

Please, just--
- Dr. Halstead.

What are you doing?

She was very clear
about what she wants!

- She doesn't understand.

If an LVAD goes poorly,

he could end up stranded
on ECMO.

That's a death sentence,
Maggie.

- Are you sure that this trial
is not clouding your judgement?

- Yes, this trial's
the best shot we have

at saving Ruben's life.
- Dr. Halstead?

[soft dramatic music]

- No, no, no, stop.

- I'm taking him
to see Dr. Foster--Papá!

- Maria, get out of here.

[monitor beeping]

- He's in arrest.
Code blue.

Pulseless V-tach, paddles.
- Oh, my God!

[monitor beeping]

- Paddles!

- Charging to 200.

- This is your fault!

- Charged.
Clear.

- Papá.
- Pulse, Maggie.

- Papá.
- No pulse.

- Compressions.
Charging to 200.

- Please, Papá.

- Charge, clear.

[monitor beeping]

- Pulse is back.

- Is he alive?
- Yes.

♪

- He's stable,
but unconscious,

and at this point,
we're gonna have to intubate

and then move him up
to the ICU.

♪

- Maria!

- It's okay.

Hey, we're trying to help him.

We are.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- Claims she's not
the missing girl.

She's adamant.

- Well, not surprising.

Been terrorized
over the last 12 years

into completely erasing
her former identity.

It's not gonna be so easy to
just break right through that.

- Just look at her eyes.

It's her, you can see that.

- It could be.

But without a statement
or physical evidence,

the detectives will have
to get a warrant

to check her DNA.

It's gonna take a while.

- Thanks.
So now what do we do?

- Well, we gotta find
her family.

- And then what?

- Lisa?

[dramatic music]

- I've been here too long.
I have to go.

- Lisa, we can help you.

- No, no, no.

I have to go.
Get out of my way!

- Security.
- She's on a hold.

- What?
No, what's going on?

I have to go!
No!

[screaming]
Let me go!

- Take it easy!

- Please!

- Lisa, it's gonna be okay.
- No! No! [screaming]

[crying and screaming]

[dramatic music]

♪

- Mrs. Bissett?
I'm Dan Charles.

- You're the doctor
who called?

- Yes, and this
is April Sexton.

- Hello.
- I just want you to know

that we get tested
at the hospital every day

and we're both negative.
- It's all right.

I'm tested weekly myself,
and I work from home.

It's so cold.
Please, come in.

- Thank you.

- I don't know why
I've agreed to see you.

My daughter's gone.

Whoever's in your hospital
isn't her.

- How can you be so sure?

- Because I've been dealing
with them for years...

these imposters.

Some want money,
some want attention.

- Actually, she's not even
claiming to be your daughter.

- What?
Then why are you even here?

- Well, she does present
as somebody

who's been in captivity
for many years.

- So just some crazy person?

- Not really.

And there's a photo
we'd like to show you.

- I don't want to see
any more pictures!

- Please, just take a look.

Please?

- That's not Kelly.

My Kelly had birthmarks,

she had a scar on her hand
where she had a bike accident.

- It would be so helpful
if you came with us

to the hospital and saw her
with your own eyes.

- I'm not doing this again.

I can't take it.

My daughter is gone.

[soft dramatic music]

- May I?

♪

- The pictures have faded.

- Mrs. Bissett,
I wish you'd reconsider.

We know how painful
this must be for you,

which is why we
wouldn't be here--

- No!

I'm done chasing ghosts.

♪

- We're sorry
to have bothered you.

♪

- Will, you cannot go
in there.

- Ruben still has
runs of V-tach.

Has a cardiologist seen him?

- No, they're backed up.

- He needs a stellate ganglion
block right now.

- Ruben's daughter had you
taken off the case.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- Ms. Esquivel--
- Will.

- You are not his doctor
anymore!

- I understand, but this
is an emergency.

Your father is
in a dangerous arrhythmia.

I want to do what's called
a stellate ganglion block.

Inject a small anesthetic
into nerves in his neck--

- Is this a part of your trial?

- No, it's not.

But if it works, it will help
convert his heart

back into a safe rhythm.

It would save his life.
- I don't trust you.

No!
- Maria?

Dr. Halstead is one of the best
doctors that we have here.

- Please don't.
I've had enough!

- Maria...

if he thinks this is the best
treatment for your father,

so do I.

[soft dramatic music]

- Do you really trust him?

- I do.

♪

- Fine.

Do it.

- Okay.

♪

- Thank you.

Okay, now, when I inject...

you need to stay
completely still.

If I'm even a millimeter off,
I could hit the carotid.

All right.

There's the carotid.

♪

Okay.

Let's go.

♪

- Can you see anything?

- Not yet.
Angle it a little down.

A little more.

[monitor beeping]

What is that?

- He's having a run
of V-tach.

Do you want the amiodarone?

- No, we got this.
Keep going.

- What's happening?

[monitor beeping]

- Dr. Halstead?

- Angle it up.

[monitor beeping]

- Ay, Papá.

[monitor beeping]

- He's in V-tach.

He's gonna arrest.

- No, keep going.

A little more.

- Pressure's dropping.

- Do something.
Save him.

- Okay, Maria.

- Almost there.
Keep going, a little more.

Stop right there.
I'm going in.

Do not move.

[monitor beeping]

[dramatic music]

Got it.

Pushing bupivacaine.
Don't move.

All in.

- Normal sinus rhythm.

- Okay, coming out.
Don't move.

♪

Out.

♪

- How'd it go with the mom?
- We struck out.

Poor thing could barely
look at the picture.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- Please.
You have to let me go.

- [sighs]

Someone took you
from your home.

They took your family,
your childhood,

everything you had.

But what no one can ever
take from you

is who you are.

♪

This is yours, isn't it?

♪

Are you Kelly Bissett?

♪

It's okay.

- [sighs]

-

It's okay.
- [cries]

♪

- [sighs]

- It's so nice to hear
from you, Dr. Manning.

- I have been searching
for possible diagnoses,

but without being able
to examine you,

I just can't narrow it down.

- I'm sorry.

Even if I wanted to come in,
I couldn't.

My son used to drive me,

but he moved to Colorado
a few months ago.

Barely calls.

[laughs]
And never Zooms.

- I understand.

If anything changes
or gets worse--

- Oh, actually,
there is one more symptom.

My urine is red.

I mean, it's really red,

like the color of wine.

- Hang on one second.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

Ms. Webb, have you ever heard
of something called

ALAD porphyria?

- I don't think so.

- It's a very rare
genetic disease.

Only 10 cases reported ever.

And your symptoms
match the diagnosis.

- Really?
- To a T.

But if you actually had it,
you would look a lot more ill.

- Oh.

- "Urine the color of wine."

That's exactly how it's
described in the literature.

I'm sorry to do this,
but I have to ask.

Do you really have
these symptoms?

Or are you just reading
about porphyria online?

- The nausea was real.

But I tried to call my son
to ask him,

but he didn't have time.

So I started looking up
possible causes, and...

♪

No.

I don't have the symptoms.

I'm--I'm sorry
I wasted your time.

♪

- Ms. Webb?

- Yes?

- I miss my son too.

He's five.

I had to move out
because of the pandemic.

- Oh, I'm so sorry.

What's his name?

- Owen.

You wanna see a picture of him?

- Yes, I do.

- Here he is.

- [laughs]
He's adorable!

- Mm-hmm.

- Mine is Richard.

He goes by Rick...

♪

- Mr. Esquivel,
how are you feeling?

- Good.
- Great.

Yeah, your rhythm is stable
and your pressure's up.

Hopefully, you won't have
to stay with us much longer.

Take care.

- Dr. Halstead?

I appreciate everything
you've done.

So if you think
your clinical trial

is the best thing
for my father,

I'd like to keep him in it.

- Thank you,
and I wish he could,

but the ganglion block
disqualified him.

You know, maybe down the road
we can revisit it again,

but for now, I'm just glad
he's doing--doing better.

♪

- You knew all along.

The block was gonna
disqualify him.

- It's what he needed.

Here's the sad irony.
All his numbers were up.

- Yeah.

- Ejection fraction,
heart function.

Maggie, I think
this drug works.

- Yeah.

I shouldn't have questioned
you today.

- Eh.

- My bad.

- It's okay.
[laughs]

- You happy?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I am.

- Good.

- So you think I'll be able
to walk down the aisle?

- Oh, yeah.

Just promise me no big dips
during your first dance, yeah?

- [laughs]

Okay.

- Megan?

I got the first flight back.
Are you okay?

- Hi, sweetie.
I'm fine.

- I was crazy worried.

[both chuckle]

- Oh, God,
I'm so glad you're here.

- Me too.

- I'm okay.

I just gotta take it slow.

- [sighs]

- Nice work.

- Thanks.

- [sighs]

- She's right through here.

- And you're sure
it's really her?

- Absolutely positive.

[soft dramatic music]

♪

- Mom?

[both crying]

♪

- [sighs]

♪

- April, I...

Good work today.

- Thanks.

♪

[soft music]

- Hey.

♪

- Tell me something.

Why do you do it?

The one-night stands?

♪

They all end up the same.

- How's that?

- With you alone.

♪

Or maybe that's the point.

♪

[wolf howls]