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[theme music]

[serene music]

(Abby) Why is light given to those in misery?

And life to the bitter of soul?

To those who long for death that does not come?

Who search for it more than for hidden treasure?

[serene music]

[serene music]

Who are filled with gladness

and rejoice when they reach the grave?

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For sighing comes to me instead of food.

My groans pour out like water.

What I feared has come upon me.

What I dreaded has happened to me.

I have no peace..

...no quietness

I have no rest, but only turmoil.

(male #1) 'Faithlessness is the only natural disaster.'

Sugar is evil. Cast away that pop!

Safe haven, right? That's what you said.

Well, I left my baby here, and now I want him back!

- 'Hey, I was next.' - You call this a safe haven?

Oh, Dr. Lockhart, Purdy can't sleep.

'Give me my baby!'

Okay, I'll be with you in a minute, Mrs. Gaines.

- 'Thank you, doctor.' - How much longer I got to wait?

Come on, sir, I'm taking you in.

Paul Traylor, 34. GSW to the chest.

Shot by an intruder in his apartment.

Okay. I'm Dr. Lockhart.

Some dumb kids.

Made a mistake.

Tachy at 120, BP's good.

Wait. Hold up, hold up, hold up.

'Sats down to 89.'

It's getting harder to breathe.

- Okay. Hemostat. - What?

Just give me the clamp, quick now.

Repent sin, lest ye be stricken.

'For now is the time of fire and brimstone raining down.'

What are you doing?

Reidy, you got to know that covering a penetrating chest

wound creates a one-way valve..

'And maladies never imagined.'

Causing a tension pneumo.

Then...the reckoning will commence!

- Thanks. - No problem.

Welcome to the end of the world.

Today...everything changes!

Today? Really? I thought that was next week.

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On my count. One, two, three.

Can you call St. David's Academy?

- 'No exit wound on the back.' - Tell 'em I won't be coming in?

- We'll get on it. - Nothing below the waist.

What do you do?

Tutor and run the sports program.

- Axilla's clear. - Okay. Get him back down.

Gates, you get started on the chest tube.

Alright, boss.

Haleh, can you call for c-spine, chest and belly films?

- Uh-huh. - I'll do that.

No, you're supposed to let me do the grunt work

while you stand back and supervise.

- Oh, that's true. - So, how did this happen?

Stayed at my girlfriend's last night.

When I got back, a bunch of kids were there.

In your place?

'They were partying or something.'

Told them to leave.

Things got out of hand.

- One of them had a gun. - How'd they get in?

I don't know.

Alright, a little pinch.

(Rasgotra) 'So, does being the attending feel different?'

No, not really.

Well, yeah, a little bit.

Sorry, guys. I got hung up with the intussusception kid.

- What do you got? - GSW to the chest, no exit.

BP and sats are good.

Alright, slight pressure here.

Oh!

- 200 cc's on the floor. - That's my blood?

(Lockhart) 'That's pretty normal for a gunshot wound.'

- Type and cross for six. - Morris, excuse me.

We have an attending here.

- Right. - Of course.

Um, I told them family only

but they wouldn't take no for an answer.

- 'Coach, you okay?' - 'How'd this happen?'

(Traylor) 'Thanks for showing up, guys.'

You got morning drills and school.

We ain't practicing without you.

Call me when you get the films back.

Excuse me.

You okay?

Had a run of double shifts.

Oh, why don't you take a couple days off?

He won't stop working.

Yeah, the interns are all in procedure lab

and we're already stretched thin without Greg.

Uh, have you met the new, uh, chief yet, Banfield?

No, not yet.

Soon enough. She's on today.

Dr. Morris, I got two kids here with possible gastro.

I'll take it. Why don't you take a break?

This is Mrs. Weddington with her sons, Larry and Curly.

Oh. Where's Mo?

No Mo. Okay.

Uh...Larry?

- That's Curly. - Right. Right.

They were up all night vomiting, but they seem to be better now.

Probably had too much cake.

We were at a bowling party all day yesterday.

Sam, I thought you went upstairs.

Ah, they said it might take a while

so I might as well work.

They're making her go

in front of some stupid disciplinary board.

How come?

She left a heplock in a patient.

Okay, ah, why don't we fluid-challenge these guys?

Give them some popsicles, see how they do.

Oh, excuse me?

Um, I was wondering, um..

My boys are getting to the age

where they need to know about certain things

and I'm sure they have questions..

Oh, sex.

Drugs.

- Rock and roll. - Yeah.

Could you maybe talk to them?

Uh...yeah, sure.

Oh, great. Thank you so much.

Sure. I'll be back here in a little while.

Okay. I'll just..

- I'll catch up with them. - Great. Okay.

You look pretty.

Are you stoned?

[chuckles]

So, I just, uh, heard a rumor.

Is it true?

This kid's here to see his coach.

Yeah. He's, uh..

He's right through there.

Some of your friends are already with him.

What's the rumor?

You got a job at Mass General.

That you're moving to Boston.

Who told you that?

Girl who works in HR told a scrub nurse.

Oh, really? Is this the same girl that said

that Chuny was pregnant

with Crenshaw's love child?

Hey.

I'm happy for you.

I really am. I'm happy for you and Luka and Joe.

Even if it kills me to think

that you won't be working here anymore.

You'll be living far away.

But I wish you would have told me.

Well, what for? What?

So you could plan some embarrassing party?

[chuckles]

Because I'm your friend.

Well, we're still gonna be friends, aren't we?

Well, first shift as an attending last shift at County.

- It's quite a day. - Yeah.

- How soon are you leaving? - Tonight.

Tonight?

- Abby! - I'm sorry, I know.

But can you just please not tell anybody?

'Cause it's just.. it's too weird

and I'll, I'll figure out a way to do it...later.

Rule of today, no crying, right?

'Hey!'

I got two guys coming in.

- Fight at a synagogue. - Uh-huh.

Oy vey! Couple of feisty Jews, huh?

- Hmm? - I don't know.

The gloves are off today.

What the hell is this?

Oh, Frank's learning to tango

for his 30th wedding anniversary.

I promised Connie that I would dance with her at the party.

- Keep your head up, Frank. - I can't.

Then I can't see where to put my damn feet!

32-year-old male, lip versus fist, vitals stable.

You're not a mohel, you're a butcher!

The baby is fine, Sheldon. A little blood is normal!

You were sloppy, Rebbe! You were sloppy with my baby's penis!

End of conversation.

Crazy. I'm done with brises!

Who needs the aggravation?

Hey, do I know you?

I don't know. Do you?

I performed your wedding ceremony.

It's Abigail, right?

Um..

Yeah. Abby. Actually, it's Abby.

So, how's the first year of married life been?

Oh, well, you know.

Has its ups and its downs.

What? He's a slob?

Leaves the toilet seat up never does the dishes

that sort of thing?

Something like that. Yeah.

Listen. The ceremony was meshuga.

Those are the ones that last.

Here. Keep this on it.

It was nice to see you again.

Don't worry. It'll get easier.

Shalom to that.

Guys, where's your mom?

Okay, uh, here we go.

I sometimes talk to kids about..

you know...stuff.

So why don't we just go right over here?

And, if you have any questions

about..

...sex or drugs or alcohol, you can just shoot.

I know it's hard for kids your age

to talk about this stuff, but I think it's import--

- We can ask you anything? - Yes.

Is it true that if you sneeze

with your eyes open, they'll pop out?

Can vampires get AIDS?

If you put a penny on the El track, will the train crash?

Why can't we wear pajamas in the daytime?

Our brother got a girl pregnant, but he won't marry her.

- Why do you think he won't? - Okay.

Am I...Am I being punk'd?

(Gates) Crit's dropping in two.

You guys stay right there.

How do blimps fly?

What about chest and belly films?

- Haven't done it yet. - What's taking so long?

- Processor's down. - That's ridiculous.

(Haleh) 550 out of the chest tube hemoglobin's dropped to 11.

Alright, hang O-neg

call for type specific, platelets and FFP.

- This is Lily. - His fiance.

- He's gonna be okay, right? - That's the plan.

(Haleh) 'Sats's only 83.'

Alright, deep breaths for me.

Put him on a non-rebreather. Let's set up for intubation.

(Gates) 'Etomidate and sux 8-0.'

Paul, we're gonna have to

put another tube into help you breathe.

'You're not gonna be able to speak.'

Alright. Zeke.

it's not your fault, okay?

I don't blame you.

Hear me?

Say you hear me.

I hear you.

(Gates) 'Pushing the meds.'

(Abby) 'Uh, no, oh, no!'

'All the bulbs are out.'

Okay, folks, give it to me straight.

(Lockhart) GSW to the chest.

- First unit is up. - First unit? That's all?

Hemodynamically stable five minutes ago.

Okay, get this crowd out of here.

(Lockhart) 'This is his girlfriend.'

Alright, just the globetrotters.

Alright, you guys, you're gonna have to step out

while we work, okay?

- No way! - We're not gonna leave until--

Hey, Meadowlark, did you hear what the lady said?

I prefer to give blood products before the vitals take a dive.

It works out much better that way.

I don't like to transfuse without a clear reason.

Oh,like being shot in the chest?

Where's the bullet?

I ordered plain films an hour ago.

- The processor's down. - Oh, what's the CT show?

- CT takes an hour. - Oh, please.

Our patients don't need the radiation

and a thousand-dollar bill for an unnecessary scan.

Oh, yes, the victim complex.

"It's all so hard here at County.

Boo-hoo, takes so long, nothing works."

'You think this is tough, kiddies?'

Try a cinderblock hut in Malaysia.

I'll call radiology again.

Look, I know you're like Tsunami Mary or something

but we really don't need the war stories right now, okay?

I don't believe we've been properly introduced.

[sighs]

- I'm Cate Banfield. - Abby Lockhart.

You're a baby attending, flying blind here.

Take my help if you wanna stick around.

Otherwise, feel free to use the door.

And I'm talking about the big picture.

So, there are your options.

I'll keep that in mind.

Who wants to intubate?

(Lockhart) 'Guidewire.'

(Haleh) 'Hemoglobin's stable, 11.1.'

That might be a sign that the bleeding is slowing down.

Not necessarily.

Hang another unit.

Introducer.

Let Gates finish that.

I need you to run the board.

Call me when the films are ready.

Alright.

(Hilo) 'He said they were from the neighborhood.'

(Zeke) 'He did?'

What, you didn't hear what Coach told the cops?

I don't know who they are!

You guys, settle down. Try to stay out of the way, okay?

They live in your building, don't they?

Dr. Lockhart! She's so blue.

Can you give her something?

I'm not a vet, and cats aren't allowed in the ER.

Is there anything else I could do for you?

Oh, my water pill.

I need a refill, please.

You know what? This has got to stop.

You have to get yourself a real doctor.

You're not a real doctor?

Mrs. Gaines, you know what I mean.

I'm not gonna be here forever.

[chuckles] You have such a dark perspective.

I'm drawn to you, dear.

So...so sue me.

Can you hang on a minute? I'll be right back.

Hey! At least you don't sneeze anymore!

Yeah, I take antihistamines when I see you coming!

- 'Aah!' - What are you doing?

I thought you were taking a break.

Ever been at a crossroads?

Who do you think you're talking to?

[both chuckle]

That's how I feel.

Like something's changing

but I don't know what it is.

It gets easier once you get used to it.

I keep thinking about what he said.

The last words of Greg Pratt..

...were "Don't screw it up, Morris."

You won't.

If I were in trouble, Archie, I would call for you.

I would.

I would trust you with anything.

And I didn't always feel that way, but I do now.

Actually, why don't you get up and come with me for a minute.

Can you die from eating pop rocks and soda?

If I hold in a fart, will I explode?

Why don't you try to find your mom? Check the front desk.

Dr. Morris, this is Roxanne Gaines.

She's on Captopril, Lasix

Ambien and glyburide.

She comes in around once a month for refills

sometimes more often when she shares her meds with her cat.

Yeah, well, Purdy has insomnia.

Ma'am, you can do all of this at your primary physician's office.

No, wait, Morris, please, just can you just do this for me?

What?

If I'm ever not here, Roxanne...ask for Dr. Morris.

- Abby.. - Look, just do it.

I'm trusting you.

Got films on your guy in 2.

Maybe you guys should chat.

Get to know each other.

[chuckles]

A little kooky, but I love her.

Yeah.

- Join the club. - Mmm.

Oh!

What's going on with the heplock?

I got duped, the guy used it to OD.

Well, that's a calculated risk. We've all done it.

What, are they gonna put a letter in your file?

Nursing supervisor called me, said to be prepared.

What, they gonna fire you?

[mumbling] I don't know.

Screw 'em. I can always find another job.

Oh, come on, you don't really want that, do you?

No. I don't.

Got your films.

Blood gas looks good.

Alright, dial down the oxygen, please.

Where's Cruella de Ville?

Covering for you, we hear.

And real happy about it.

Bullet's in the belly. Call Surgery.

And...you threaded the subclavian into the neck.

- Crap. - Yeah.

How's the board look, Doctor?

Um, clear with a white frame

lots of writing on it.

If you put pressure on the clavicular fossa

as you're threading in the subclavian

'it prevents if from going up into the jugular.'

- Cool. - You know what that's called?

The "finger in the fossa" trick.

Points to the new lady for stealing the punch line.

Nice pickup.

[crashing]

Go next door and see what's going on.

Okay, you know, as much as I enjoy being your bitch, I--

Dr. Gates has been duly schooled.

We'll take it from here.

Get set up to fix your line.

[crashing]

Hey. Hey, hey!

- Hey, hey, hey! - It's your fault!

- Can I get some help in here? - Why?

- Why'd you guys do it? - Guys, knock it off!

Guys! Come on, guys!

- You did this! - Alright, alright.

- It's his fault! - He got Coach messed up!

Let's go.

Come on. Let's go.

'It's his fault Coach is in here!'

Outside.

- Get off me. Get off me! - Hey, I'm trying to help you.

Come here.

Sit down. Sit down.

- Hold this on it. - What for?

Just do it.

Is Coach okay?

He's gonna be.

It's not my fault.

Why would it be your fault?

Just said it's not.

I didn't even think he'd be there.

Where, his apartment?

[sniffles]

Coach knows how it is.

He's been through his own

rough times and got past it.

That's what he teaches us.

That's a good thing to teach.

I think you're gonna need some stitches.

Zeke..

Why?

It's, it's not like they say.

He would give you anything you needed!

You know that!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry!

Oh, Lily, you're gonna have to step out, okay?

You know that.

- Come on. Here we go. - You know that!

Haleh, can you bring her back in there?

Then I'm gonna need some 4-0 prolene

and uh...one-percent lido, okay.

- Abby.. - Lucien.

Have you seen a kid running around?

- He's about 15, like, yea high? - No, not that I know.

I thought you were working at a surgi-center somewhere.

Well, I was, I wa..

Haleh, have you seen that kid Zeke?

Not since you were with him.

- I'm getting your lido. - Thanks.

I told myself, you know, I could-I could walk away

and never think twice, but--

Frank, if you see any of my basketball kids

roaming around let me know.

Okey-dokey.

This is County. Is, um, is Frank dancing?

Yep. Keep your head up, Frank.

Well, it turns out I can't imagine working anyplace else.

- You can't? - No, I can't. Can you?

Well, yeah, I mean, it wouldn't, wouldn't be easy

but I think for the right reasons, yeah.

What, is there something you're not telling me?

- No. - Come on.

Yeah.

Luka and I are moving to Boston.

- What? - Don't tell anybody.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Oh.. - I can't go there.

'Cause that'll just get me started.

- Right, right, right. - Thanks.

Okay. Well, then no problem.

- Yeah. - Wow.

Okay, so we'll talk later, then.

[sighs]

- Why do monkeys love bananas? - What's a douche bag?

Where the hell is their mother?

I wanted to talk to you about my future.

Yeah, you know what, Grady?

I'm not the right person 'cause I'm a short-timer.

- You are? - Yeah.

- How short? - Really short.

Today's my last shift. Don't tell anybody.

But I was just about to say what a great mentor you've been

and ask you..

- I find this pretty upsetting. - Look, you're good.

You don't need me anymore. You don't.

Abby, he's on the roof.

(Abby) 'Zeke?'

Hey, Zeke, I didn't get a chance

to finish dressing your cut.

Don't come over here.

Hey, you know, these things, they don't

don't usually work out

the way we think they're going to.

'Cause it's, uh...you know

it's the middle of the day, it's a crowded street

and you'll probably end up..

...end up...landing on a bunch of tourists.

Hey, what are we doing up here?

[sobbing softly]

After Jamal got shot..

...out in Tinley..

...Coach told us if we ever needed a place to go..

...to be safe or just chill..

...he left his key in one of those little magnet boxes..

...behind the radiator.

[sniffling]

Those kids hassle me..

All the time.

I told them I could take them

to a place

where we could just...party..

...hang out, do whatever we wanted there.

After coach came in, everything got crazy.

I couldn't stop them.

I promise I'm going to fix up your coach

if you'll just please, please

'just come back away from there, okay?'

I...alright, listen.

Hey? I'm gonna..

Look at this. Come here, look at this.

Just look at this, alright?

You take it?

I don't live up to my end of the deal

you inject that into your vein

and your heart will stop beating.

- I'm not stupid. - I'm not kidding.

It's called a fatal arrhythmia.

If I don't live up to my part, you could take the syringe

and you could do with it whatever you want.

Are you nuts or somethin'?

I just know what it's like to be out on a ledge.

And, yeah...I'm nuts.

So why don't you just please, just please

come back here, okay?

Come on.

'Come on, Zeke.'

'Come here, come on.'

It's okay.

Listen to me, we have a man bleeding out.

Another unit on the rapid infuser.

We are bringing the GSW now.

Switch to the portable, we're going.

Can someone tell me what's going on?

He's losing blood faster than we can replace it.

The surgeons need to get in there and repair the injury.

- Seems too red. - Run of six!

- Alright, let's roll. - He's still got a pulse.

If we send him upstairs with a crappy BP

and intermittent V-tach, he's gonna arrest.

The longer we argue about it

the greater the chance of that.

She's right about that.

Well, we're much more equipped to handle a code

down here, trust me.

Abby..

- He's in V-tach. - Alright, loss of pulse.

- Thorocotomy tray. - Starting compressions.

- Charging to 360. - 'Sterile 7s and a 10 blade.'

(Lily) 'What are you doing?'

We have to open his chest.

- Abby, look at this. - Not now, Grady. Clear!

- No change. - Resume compressions.

360 again.

Look at the left hemi-diaphragm the edge is obscured.

Yeah, it's a hemothorax. It happens. Clear!

Still in V-tach.

Alright, Haleh, prep the chest.

You slowed us down enough to make this inevitable.

360 again. Stand by with epi.

Isn't it possible that the chest tube went through the diaphragm?

You can see the tip of the tube right there. Clear!

Yeah, well, maybe it only looks like the tip.

The end is obscured by blood, see?

- Back in sinus. - 'Strong radial pulse.'

Alright, let's get him to the OR before this happens again.

(Gates) 'Alright.'

- Wait. - No. No.

Grady's right.

The chest tube followed the track of the bullet.

It's in his spleen.

That is highly unlikely, and we can't prove it here.

Maybe we can see it with the ultrasound.

- Here, let me see that. - We did an ultrasound.

- 'An hour ago.' - Yeah, but it's easy to miss.

A dislodged clot in the spleen could have caused--

Could have caused a precipitous arterial bleed

to drain out the chest tube.

Get out of the way.

Yeah, I can't get a good view.

Haleh, call down to the pharmacy

and have them deliver some fibrin glue.

- Dr. Lockhart. - Fibrin what?

It's a tissue adhesive, it can be used for splenic hemostasis.

I think the dose is 2000 units, but you'd better check.

Stop. Enough. We are done.

He is a green resident, and you're a newbie attending.

And we're not messing around on that kind of hunch.

But wait, just hold on, hold on!

I know it's my first day.

You don't know anything about me or my clinical judgment.

But it's not really my first day.

It's...I've been here for ten years.

And I know when I know something.

And you've been here for a week.

So just...can you just give me this?

- Your five minutes are up. - 'Almost there.'

Over a liter out now.

I'm so sorry, we were stuck with a grade five liver.

Put him in Trendelenburg.

Okay, here we go.

How long does it take to clot?

How long does what take?

Fibrin glue. Couple seconds, I think.

We think the chest tube's actually in the spleen.

- You think? - Yeah, no scan.

We can't see anything.

So how'd you come up with this plan?

Grady.

He was paying attention.

Seems to have worked.

Oh, God, thank you..

Thank you.

(Haleh) 'Systolic's up to 90.'

- Clamp the tube. - Let's get him out of here.

- Can I go with him? - No.

It's better if you wait down here.

(Abby) 'Here we go.'

Impressive.

Well...I'm a skilled practitioner

and an excellent teacher.

It's just getting too hard to deny it.

Well, I've never heard of using fibrin glue this way.

Yeah, to tell you the truth

I have absolutely no idea where that came from.

Just lodged in here somewhere.

Well, it's a good job it was.

And I see you've met our new chief.

Hmm?

She's not the chief of me.

Lucien's waiting for us in OR 1.

Okay.

Zeke, you can't be up here. Go do your thing.

What are you doing? Where's the nurse I left you with?

- He...he looks bad. - He's pale from blood loss.

But the surgeons are gonna fix that.

- If he doesn't make it-- - Hey, hey.

Now I kept my end of the bargain so far, right?

Alright, now you have to keep yours.

You just go down there and wait with the nurse.

Zeke..

...this is going to be alright.

You just have to keep telling yourself that.

Alright, I'll see you later.

A little more traction here.

(Rasgotra) 'Coker. End tidal looks good.'

Alright, into the peritoneum.

(Abby) You guys are gonna bring this home for me, right?

(Neela) 'Capsule's ruptured.'

(Lucien) Suction.

(Neela) Splenic artery's sheared off.

You know, we get tired of hearing how you guys

had to come in and clean up our messes.

(Lucien) We can autotransfuse what's left back through the splenic vein.

But the fact is, sometimes you do.

- VBG's 7 point three eight. - Okay, pickups.

Oh, let's make this one more for the road, huh?

- Here's our bullet. - Right.

[sighs]

(Perry) 'Second liter's up.'

(Lucien) 'Curved clamp to Neela.'

Splenorenal ligament is isolated and..

And cut. Excellent.

Looking up, Abby.

Great.

That is great.

Okay, Bovie. Let's watch out for the--

Gastroepiploic artery. I see it.

Okay, bullet completely spared

the stomach and liver.

You guys are so good at this.

I mean, just really, really good.

Systolic's holding at 98.

- Oh-silk. - Oh-silk.

And I love what you've done up here.

This new observation deck is very comfortable.

Nicely lit, nice, big window.

Way to go.

Posterior margin's free.

Mobilize it.

- Clamp to Lucien. - Curved clamp.

And you know, you two are like..

Like Yin and Yang.

Have you ever thought about..

I don't know, dating?

'I mean why ask, what if, right?'

Okay, I'm gonna go tell them he's out of the woods.

- Yeah, why don't you do that? - Yeah, we're fine here.

And I'm gonna be punching out soon, so..

Thank you for this.

I'll see you sometime.

Be good.

They're almost done. It's going well.

'Good.'

His people are in the family room. I'll update them.

You know, you won't really have me to beat up on after tonight.

So I understand.

You know, despite some..

...obvious issues with authority

I'm wondering why you're leaving.

For my family.

I have a husband and a little boy.

We just need a fresh start.

How old is your son?

A little over two.

That's a great age.

I love that age.

Well..

...the shift's almost over.

Nice knowing you.

Good luck here.

[buzzing]

[clears throat]

- Can you give us a minute? - Sure.

I want my syringe back.

- He's okay? - Mm-hmm.

And you're gonna have to talk to some doctors

to make sure you're okay, too.

I know you think you're a bad person.

We all think that about ourselves sometimes

but you're not.

You just did a bad thing.

Don't make the same mistake again, okay?

You would have never let me use that thing

would you?

You know what? I really hadn't thought that far ahead.

[both laughs]

See you later.

Dr. Lockhart, Dr. Lockhart. Oh, dear.

You made me so nervous, I just, I just had to come back.

What's the matter, Roxanne?

You're sick, aren't you?

- No, not anymore. - No?

[laughs] Well, but the way you were talking

is something bad gonna happen?

No, something good.

Hey, Sam, are you going up now?

- Dead nurse walking. - I wanna talk to you.

- Will I see you next time? - Ask for Dr. Morris.

[meows]

So you have to do some stupid monkey dance

for a bunch of cheap suits

to try to justify how we navigate

through a broken system, which is the problem

that they should be looking at in the first place.

You're very articulate today.

I know.

Nurse Taggart, it'll be a few more minutes still.

- Are you kidding me? - It's okay.

- No, it's not okay. - She's working, alright?

She can't keep bouncing up and down

like some kind of registered yo-yo.

- 'Abby..' - Next up is AMA bouncebacks--

Hi. Hi. I'm sorry.

But don't you think this is kind of ass?

- Excuse me. Who are you? - Abby Lockhart.

I used to be a nurse in the ER.

I am now an attending physician as of today.

You'll have to be on the agenda if you want to--

Yeah, right. Let me break it down for you.

What we do is take care of the patients

that nobody else wants to deal with, alright?

The homeless alcoholics

drug addicts, psychotics.

All of us

especially the nurses

put ourselves at risk every day.

Every day.

And when the wards don't wanna go over

the nurse-to-patient ratio

because they wanna follow the rules

guess who sucks up the surplus?

The ER does.

And never mind that that means

having admitted patients parked

on gurneys in the hallway for days

and that our nurses have to cover three times

as many patients as anybody else

we're the safety net.

We do not have the luxury of abiding by the rules

because we don't kick patients out on the streets.

So, we get creative.

And, yes, it's against the rules to send a patient home

with an IV, because worst-case scenario

he'll do something stupid

but Sam Taggart is not

a worst-case-scenario kind of person.

But none of us are, because to work down there

you have to have some sort of faith in people

and in your ability to help them.

She didn't inject the drugs into the IV, the patient did.

And what would you have her do?

Deny a potentially lifesaving treatment

because the guy maybe might do something stupid later?

She's an excellent nurse.

And she did what almost anybody else would do

and she should not be punished

because a patient made a bad choice.

I mean, we have so many things working against us.

Don't-don't be another one of them.

[clears throat]

And they all deserve a raise.

Don't make me come back here.

[serene music]

(Abby) Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea?

Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

What are you doing with that?

Souvenir.

Mm-hmm.

You come with me.

[gasps]

[chuckles]

Some we had to put up for them.

Dr. Greene, Greg.

You're the only one who's ever gotten to do two.

(Abby) 'I don't see Carter up there.'

'He wouldn't do it.'

He said it was defacing government property.

[both laugh]

We're gonna miss you so damn much.

Have the gates of death been shown to you?

Hey! I was looking for you.

Do I have to go up there and apologize?

No. Um..

I got a week's suspension, no pay, but..

...it could have been a lot worse so..

...thank you.

Nurses got to stick together, right?

Alright, I gotta run the catch.

What is the way to the abode of light?

And where does darkness reside?

- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-- - Frank, passion, intensity!

It's a dance of immigrants, stuck between two worlds.

Yeah, well, I'd better get better at it by Saturday

or I'll be deported.

What, is Connie gonna kick you out?

Worse. She'll make me buy her something expensive.

Hold on, hold on a second.

Let me show you.

Apilado.

Now la cadencia.

Five, six, seven, eight.

[instrumental music]

I've been stumbling around here all day!

What were you waiting for?

Where is everybody?

There's a double run coming in.

I'm taking this.

- I'm not here. - Me neither.

'Hey..'

Tell that big Croat to bring you back for a visit sometime.

Keep your head up, Frank.

[siren wailing]

I guess I let the cat out of the bag, huh?

This kind of group thing I was sort of hoping to avoid

but, um, Luka's picking me up, but since you're all here

I just, I want to say it's been a great decade.

Excuse me?

What the hell?

She's leaving, Archie.

- When? - Now, you idiot.

What?

- You are? - Yeah.

She.. You are?

Oh, you never said anything.

Well, I just, I..

I kind of thought you got the idea.

I didn't!

I-I didn't!

- Oh.. - I...well, I'm, well..

You know, Archie, it's amazing that you've managed to make

my last moment here about you.

- I love that. - I love you, too.

[all laugh]

Okay, okay.

[chuckles]

I'm gonna miss you guys.

We'll be thinking about you.

So long.

Bye, Abby.

[serene music]

[music continues]

Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?

Tell me if you know all this.

[theme music]