All language subtitles for Emergency.S01E07.Publicity.Hound.720p.PCOK.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-DarkSaber_track3_[eng]

*

HEY GAGE,
YOU READ THIS MORNING’S PAPER?

DOES IT LOOK LIKE I’VE
HAD THE CHANCE?

YOUR IRISH STEW
BOILED OVER, REMEMBER?

WELL THAT’S NOT ALL
THAT’S BEEN COOKING.

WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT?
HE DID IT AGAIN.

WHO DID WHAT?

MR. WONDERFUL.

TOM WHEELER, THE WORLD’S
GREATEST PARAMEDIC,

FROM STATION 110.
HMM.

PARAMEDIC RESCUES CHILD.

YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE THIRD
TIME THIS MONTH

THAT WHEELER’S MADE THE PAPER.

A CHILD STUCK IN A TREE--

THAT’S GREAT HUMAN INTEREST.

YEAH.
THE QUESTION IS,

"HOW COME YOU GUYS
NEVER GET WRITTEN UP?"

DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WE WERE DOING

SAME TIME HE WAS MAKING THAT
BIG, SPECTACULAR RESCUE?

THAT’S NOT THE POINT,
GAGE, MY BOY.

IT’S WHAT YOU WEREN’TDOING.

YOU, UH, NOTICE WHO WROTE IT.

OH, NONE OTHER
THAN CARL EVANS.
MMM.

EVANS MUST HAVE A THING
FOR WHEELER.

YOU TELL ME WHICH
MAKES A BETTER NEWS STORY--

A 20-FOOT TREE

OR A 200-FOOT CRACKING TOWER

WITH A CARDIAC ARREST
HALFWAY DOWN THE INSIDE.

I DON’T KNOW, JOHNNY.

GIVE ME A MINUTE
TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

( loud buzzing )

Male Dispatcher over P.A.:
SQUAD 51,

MEET ENGINE 110
AT THE STATION DOCK.

BOATING ACCIDENT
WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

SQUAD 110 IS NOT AVAILABLE.

TIME OUT--9:10.

SQUAD 51, 10-4.

( indistinct )
...WHEELER GETTIN’
ALL THE PUBLICITY,

WE’RE TAKING ALL
OF HIS CALLS NOW.

I DON’T IMAGINE THE VICTIM
WILL CARE WHETHER IT’S WHEELER
OR US.

MAYBE ON THE NEWS,
NOW THIS EVANS

WILL CATCH YOU GUYS
IN ACTION THIS TIME.

DON’T COUNT ON IT.

( indistinct ) FOR YA.

*

( siren blaring )

Roy: SQUAD 51
AT STATION 110.

Dispatcher: SQUAD 51,
TIME 9:15.

WE’VE GOT A SCHOONER
TWO MILES OUT,

COMIN’ BACK FROM CATALINA.
FROM WHAT WE COULD GET,

ONE OF THE CREW
HAS A BAD HEAD INJURY.

I’LL GET THE SPLINT
BOX HERE.

IS THE BOAT ON ITS WAY IN?

THEY BECALMED,
AND THE ENGINE’S CONKED OUT.

I’VE GOT A HARBOR
PATROL BOAT STANDING BY.

Gage:
WHERE’S WHEELER?

THEY HAD TO RUN
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES

BEFORE WE GOT THE CALL
ON THIS ONE.

SOME KID INJURED.

AH, HER FINGER’S STUCK

IN THE HANDLEBARS
ON HER BICYCLE.

OKAY.
OKAY.

( indistinct chattering )

( siren blaring )

( indistinct chattering )

AH, THIS IS DEL REY
HARBOR PATROL

CALLING THE SCHOONER ISABELLE.

COME IN, ISABELLE.

Man over Radio:
THIS IS THE SCHOONERISABELLE.

OVER.

ISABELLE, WE’VE JUST
CLEARED THE BREAKWATER

AND WE’RE STEERING A HEADING
OF 180.

CAN YOU GIVE US
YOUR APPROXIMATE POSITION?
OVER.

I’D LIKE TO,
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME I’VE BEEN OUT.

ISABELLE,
CAN YOU SEE LAND?

YEAH, WE’RE POINTING RIGHT
AT A WIDE PIECE OF BARE LAND.

THERE’S A BUNCH OF HOUSES
ON EACH SIDE OF IT.

L.A.X. RUNWAY.

SCAN LEFT ABOUT 15 DEGREES.

GOT HIM!

BLACK HULL.
IT’S A BIG ONE.

UH, ISABELLE,
WE HAVE YOU SIGHTED.

STAND BY.

MAKE IT QUICK.
I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG

HE’S GONNA LAST UP THERE.

WHAT’D HE MEAN BY THAT?

JUST WHAT HE SAID.

TAKE A LOOK.

*

*

( no audible dialogue )

*

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL WHEN THE WIND DIED,
DON--HE’S THE SKIPPER--

HE WANTED TO DROP THE SAILS.

THEY WERE FLOPPING AROUND
TOO MUCH.

ANYWAY, THE MAIN HALYARD
GOT STUCK UP IN THE BLOCK
UP THERE.

AND HE WENT UP
TO TRY TO FREE IT.
THAT’S WHEN HE GOT IT.

THE GAFF,
I THINK HE CALLED IT,

CAME SWINGING DOWN
AND CAUGHT HIM IN THE HEAD.

YOU’RE NOT THE WHOLE CREW,
ARE YA?

OH, I MIGHT AS WELL BE.

THE OTHER’S BELOW, SEASICK.

I TRIED TO FREE HIM--

I GOT A PIECE OF LINE
AND TIED HIM UP TO THE RIGGING
THE BEST I COULD.

YOU HAVE ANY KIND
OF HOIST CHAIR ABOARD?

YEAH, I THINK HE CALLED IT
A BOATSWAIN’S CHAIR.

IT’S IN THE BACK CABIN.

I’LL GO UP
AND CHECK ON THE PATIENT.

I FIGURE IF WE
CAN GET THAT JAMMED

BLOCK LOOSE
AND DROP THAT SAIL,

WE CAN USE THE TACKLE
TO GET HIM DOWN.

I’LL BUY THAT.

*

WE HAD THREE GREAT DAYS
AT THE ISTHMUS.

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE
IT’D END UP LIKE THIS.

THREE-MAN CREW
ON A 90-FOOT SCHOONER?

TWO OF ’EM INEXPERIENCED.

NO, IT’S NOT
HARD TO BELIEVE AT ALL.

( grunts )

*

( grunting )

...HIS HEAD UP HERE.

RIGHT PUPIL’S SLIGHTLY
DILATED.

LEFT PUPIL’S ALL THE WAY DOWN.
WE BETTER HURRY.

OKAY.

WHY DON’T YOU PUT THIS
BOATSWAIN’S CHAIR AROUND HIM?

OKAY.

WE’RE GONNA
NEED A NECK SPLINT.
( panting )

YOU GET ME A NECK SPLINT
OUT OF THAT BLACK BOX?

YEAH, THAT’S THE ONE.
AND THE AIR PUMP
ALONG WITH IT.

OKAY.
( mutters)

*

OKAY.

( mutters )

OKAY.

THERE YA ARE!

OKAY, I’LL LOOSEN
THIS BLOCK.

( rigging squeaking )
WATCH IT!

( clattering )

OKAY, EVEN IT OUT.

CAN YOU GET OFF?

YEAH, BUT I’D BETTER
RIDE IT DOWN.

BETTER LET HER DOWN EVEN.

( pulley squeaking )

HE’S IN AND OUT OF COMA.

JOHNNY’S IMMOBILIZED
HIS HEAD.

ONCE WE GET HIM DOWN,
WE CAN...

HOOK A BLOCK TO THAT BOOM.

IT’LL HOLD THE STOKES

TO GET HIM
INTO THAT RESCUE BOAT.

I WAS AFRAID FOR A SECOND THERE,
WE’D BE MOPPING YOU UP.

YEAH.
SAME THING CROSSED MY MIND.

( pulley squeaking )

( panting )

Roy: HOW’S HE DOING?
WORSE.

RESPIRATION’S SLOW.

PULSE ABOUT 60.

HE KEEPS DRIFTING
IN AND OUT.

TIME’S EVERYTHING,

AND HE PICKS THE MIDDLE
OF THE OCEAN

TO GET CLOBBERED.

I’LL USE THIS LINE
UNDERNEATH HIS BOATSWAIN’S CHAIR

AS A FOOTHOLD TO CARRY HIM
ON THE WAY DOWN.

UH-UH.

I’LL DO IT.

DIDN’T ANYONE EVER TELL YOU

ABOUT THE HAZARDS
OF VOLUNTEERING?

TELL ME ABOUT IT
SOMETIME.

( pulley squeaking )

OKAY, BRING HIM DOWN.

PUT THAT STRETCHER
RIGHT BELOW US.

( sighs )

LAY HIM ON HIS SIDE,
FACE DOWNWARD.

ISN’T THAT KIND OF
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM?

PROBABLY, BUT IF WE
KEEP HIM FROM ASPIRATING,

IT’LL SAVE HIS LIFE.

MEAN IT’S THAT BAD?

HE’S REALLY HURT THAT BAD?

MAYBE I SHOULD’VE
LET YOU RIDE DOWN.

YEAH, TELL ME ABOUT IT
SOMETIME.

( indistinct chattering
on radio )

WE’LL GIVE HIM A MORE THOROUGH
EXAMINATION ON THE WAY IN.

RIGHT NOW TIME
IS MOST IMPORTANT.

( indistinct chattering
on radio )

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING HIM?

RAMPART EMERGENCY.

WHAT ABOUT US?
THE BOAT?

WELL THE HARBOR PATROL
WILL PICK YOU UP.

AND MY ABLE CREW.

THAT WHAT YOU MEDICAL TYPES
CALL "ASPIRATING"?

OH, SHE’LL SURVIVE.

BUT MY PARTNER,
I’M NOT SO SURE.

( siren blaring )
Roy: RAMPART BASE,
THIS IS RESCUE 51.

RAMPART BASE,
THIS IS RESCUE 5-1.

GO AHEAD, 51.

RAMPART, WE HAVE
A MALE VICTIM,

APPROXIMATE AGE: 25.

HE SUFFERED A SEVERE
BLOW IN THE HEAD.

VITAL SIGNS
ARE BLOOD PRESSURE:

140 OVER 70.

PULSE RATE, 55.

RESPIRATION, 8.

THE LEFT PUPIL IS NORMAL.

THE RIGHT PUPIL
IS SLIGHTLY DILATED.

STILL REACTIVE, HOWEVER.

THE PATIENT IS DRIFTING
IN AND OUT OF COMA.

51, CHECK FOR BLOOD
OR CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID

IN THE NOSE AND EARS.

RAMPART,
NEGATIVE ON THE FLUID.

10-4, 51.

START A SLOW DRIP,
INTRAVENOUS--D5W.

ADMINISTER NOT OTHER DRUGS,

AND GET HIM IN HERE FAST.

10-4.

E.T.A. IS APPROXIMATELY
25 MINUTES.

25 MINUTES?
WHERE ARE YOU?

RESCUE 51,

WE ARE APPROXIMATE ONE MILE
WEST OF MARINA DEL REY

BREAKWATER.

10-4, 51.
DO THE BEST YOU CAN.

IF THOSE TWO DON’T
GET INTO...

( mutters )

AND I HAVE A PATIENT

WITH AN INCREASING
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE

THAT JUST MIGHT NEED
EVERY BIT OF THAT 25 MINUTES.

OKAY, WHAT’S FIRST?

JOE EARLY.

HE’S TAKING SOME INTERNS
THROUGH THEIR PATIENTS.

GET HIM IN HERE,
TELL HIM TO BRING HIS
STUDENTS WITH HIM.

THEY JUST MIGHT
LEARN SOMETHING.

THEN HAVE X-RAY SET UP
A FULL SKULL SERIES.

ECHOENCEPHALOGRAM,

CAROTID ANGIOGRAPHY.

WE’LL TAKE HIM IN EMERGENCY
TREATMENT FIRST.

HAVE THEM READY FOR INTUBATION,
IF NECESSARY.

WHERE DO I FIND YOU?
IN MY OFFICE.

THAT OTHER PROBLEM HASN’T
GONE AWAY YET, REMEMBER?

OH, YEAH.

MR. J. P. DUMONT.

THE SAME.

WELL TAKE IT EASY, KEL.

HE’S ONE VERY INFLUENTIAL MAN.

FUNNY--I’M NOT IMPRESSED.

KEL, I’M SERIOUS.

HE’S STILL FLINCHING AT THE WAY
YOU TREATED HIM YESTERDAY.

THAT MAN CAN CAUSE A LOT
OF TROUBLE FOR YOU

ANDTHE HOSPITAL.

OH, WHAT DO YOU
SUGGEST I DO?

BOW, SCRAPE,
AND BEG HIS FORGIVENESS?

NO.

JUST BE CHARMING,
DIPLOMATIC, AND WARM.

SORRY.

THEY DIDN’T TEACH THOSE SUBJECTS
IN MEDICAL SCHOOL.

NOT SUBJECTS, KEL--
VIRTUES.

OKAY, I’LL TRY.

OKAY.

MORNING, MR. DUMONT.

OH, IS IT STILL MORNING?

YOU KEPT ME WAITING SO LONG,

I THOUGHT IT
MUST BE AFTERNOON BY NOW.

SORRY. I WAS BUSY
WITH MY PATIENTS.

I’M NOT HERE FOR ANYTHING,
DOCTOR,

EXCEPT AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUR
OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT YESTERDAY.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A DIFFERENCE
OF OPINION ABOUT YESTERDAY,

MR. DUMONT.

AS I RECALL,
IT WAS YOUR ATTITUDE

THAT CREATED THE DISTURBANCE.
AND I’M NOT HERE TO ARGUE,
BRACKETT.

YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES:

AN APOLOGY

AND AN EXPLANATION
TO MY ASSOCIATES

WHO WERE HERE
WITH ME YESTERDAY,

OR THE BIGGEST
MALPRACTICE SUIT

EVER SLAPPED ON A DOCTOR
IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE.

LET’S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT:

THERE’S NOTHING
TO APOLOGIZE FOR.

I GAVE YOU FACTS.

IT’S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU
CHOSE TO BRING THE SUBJECT UP

IN THE PRESENCE
OF YOUR ASSOCIATES.
NOW WAIT A MINUTE!

NO, YOU WAIT A MINUTE!

I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS
WITH YOU, DUMONT--

YOU’RE EITHER
JUST PLAIN STUBBORN

OR TOTALLY STUPID
IF YOU CAN’T FACE THE FACT

THAT YOUR SON
IS AN EPILEPTIC.
HE IS NOT AN EPILEPTIC!

HE IS!

LOOK, THERE’S NOTHING
TO BE ASHAMED OF.

RECOGNIZE IT.
LIVE WITH IT.

LEARN TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IT’S JUST AN ILLNESS

LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU DON’T KNOW THAT.

YOU’RE USING IT AS AN EXCUSE

TO COVER UP
YOUR TOTAL INCOMPETENCE!

MY SO-CALLED
TOTAL INCOMPETENCE

PULLED HIM THROUGH A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.

WHY DON’T YOU SWALLOW SOME
OF THAT FALSE PRIDE OF YOURS.

HAD YOU ANSWERED ME
TRUTHFULLY YESTERDAY,

YOUR SON WOULD’VE NEVER
UNDERGONE RESPIRATORY ARREST.

OH, THAT’S IT, BRACKETT.

PASS THE BUCK.

WHO WAS IT--
GAVE HIM THE DRUGS

THAT CAUSED HIM
TO STOP BREATHING?!

DIAZEPAM IS ROUTINELY USED

BY DOCTORS ALL OVER THE WORLD

TO RELIEVE CONVULSIONS
AND SEIZURES.

BUT FIRST WE CHECK
THE PATIENT’S HISTORY,

WHICH I DID.
I ASKED YOU IF YOUR SON
WAS SUBJECT TO SEIZURES.

YOU ASKED ME--
I ASKED YOU IF YOUR SON

HAD BEEN TAKING ANY MEDICATION
LIKE DIAZEPAM.

YOU LIED TO ME.
JUST A MINUTE!

YOUR SON TOLD ME, HIMSELF,
THIS MORNING.

FIVE MILLIGRAMS OF DIAZEPAM

TWO HOURS BEFORE HE WAS BROUGHT
IN HERE SEIZING.

SURE HE UNDERWENT
RESPIRATORY ARREST.

THAT FIVE WITH THE DOSE
I GAVE HIM

WOULD PUT ANYBODY
INTO RESPIRATORY ARREST.

THE POINT IS, DUMONT,
I WOULDN’T HAVE GIVEN HIM
ONE MILLIGRAM,

HAD YOU TOLD ME WHAT YOU
KNEW TO BE THE TRUTH.

HAD YOU NOT BEEN ASHAMED
TO ADMIT IN FRONT
OF YOUR FRIENDS

THAT YOUR SON IS SICK.

ARE YOU QUITE THROUGH,
BRACKETT?

ARE YOU CONVINCED, DUMONT?

YES, I’M CONVINCED...

THAT YOU’RE AN INCOMPETENT,

COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE

LIAR OF THE GREATEST
MAGNITUDE.

YOU’LL HEAR FROM MY ATTORNEY.

DOCTOR.

*

( loud thud )

THAT BOAT SKIPPER’S
NOT GONNA BE TOO HAPPY

WHEN HE WAKES UP
AND FINDS OUT THAT HE’S BALD.

LET’S JUST HOPE HE WAKES UP.
( scoffs )

HEY, I UNDERSTAND YOU TWO
HAVE GONE NAVY ON US.

NOT BY CHOICE.

WHAT’S WITH HIM?

HE WAS SEASICK.
HE’S STILL UPSET ABOUT IT.

YEAH, WE GOT STUCK
WITH THE JOB

BECAUSE SQUAD 110

WAS TIED UP ON ANOTHER
MAJOR CASE--

SOMETHING ABOUT A KID
WITH HIS FINGER

STUCK IN A HANDLEBAR.

OH, YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT IT.

OH?

YEAH, I SAW THEM ON THEIR WAY
TO THE CAFETERIA

WITH THAT, UH, NEWSMAN,
CARL EVANS.

Woman over P.A.: DR. SMITH,
ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE.

HAS DR. EARLY COME IN YET?

YEAH. THEY JUST FINISHED
THE SKULL SERIES INSIDE.

THANK YOU.

Woman over P.A.:
DR. ALLEN, EMERGENCY.

COME ON.

CAFETERIA?

I WOULDN’T MISS IT.

AND TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YA,
IT HAD ME STUMPED FOR A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU
GET A LITTLE GIRL’S FINGER

OUT OF THE HANDLEBAR?

Evans: I’M WITH YOU.
WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL I TRIED ICE, BUT, UH...

SUCTION WAS TOO TIGHT,
SO THAT DIDN’T WORK.

YOU WERE REALLY STUCK,
WEREN’T YOU, HON?

( indistinct announcement
over P.A. )

HOLD IT UP.

( camera shutter clicks )

AREN’T YOU GONNA JOIN IN

ON THE FESTIVITIES, KIRK?

IT’S NOT MY BAG, GAGE.

BUT YOU KNOW TOM.
YEAH. DO I.

HOW IS SHE?

YEAH, SHE BROKE HER FINGER
WHEN IT, UH, FIRST GOT STUCK,

BUT SHE’LL BE ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EXCUSE TO GET CARL

DOWN HERE FOR A FEW PICTURES,
RIGHT?

( scoffs )
COME ON.
DON’T GIVE METHE HEAT.

HE’S THE PUBLICITY FREAK.

( camera shutter clicks )
THAT’S A GOOD SHOT.

GO AHEAD.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

WELL THAT’S WHEN
I HAD THE BIG IDEA.

NOW YOU SEE,
WE USE THIS SYRINGE

AND CANNULA
TO START I.V.s.
MM-HMM.

SO WHAT I DID WAS...

I REMOVED THE NEEDLE...

AND THEN I INSERTED
THE CANNULA

IN BETWEEN THE HANDLEBAR
AND HER FINGER.

AND WHAT GOOD
DID THAT DO?

WELL THE BEST
IS YET TO COME.

SEE, I USED SOAP.

I MIXED UP A BATCH
OF THAT SURGICAL SOAP

AND THEN I HOOKED THE SYRINGE
TO THE CANNULA

AND PUSHED THE SOAP IN BETWEEN
THE HANDLEBAR AND HER FINGER.

IT’S ALL THERE WAS TO IT.
HER FINGER POPPED RIGHT OUT.

HEY, THAT’S BEAUTIFUL.
WONDER--

TELL YOU WHAT--
PICK TERESA UP, WILL YOU,

AND HOLD THE HANDLEBARS, TOO.

WATCH HER FINGER THERE.
ALL RIGHT.

AND WE’LL GET
ANOTHER GOOD SHOT.

COME ON, TERESA.
ALL RIGHT, TERESA.

HERE WE GO.
BIG GIRL.

LOOK RIGHT AT ME.
YOU ALL READY?

LEMME SEE YOUR HAND.
COME ON, PUT IT OUT THERE.

ONE--LET ME SEE IT.
COME ON. COME ON.

GOOD GIRL.

OH, IT’S A CUTE STORY.

THANKS VERY MUCH, TOM.
SEE YA LATER.

ANYTIME, CARL.
ALL RIGHT.

Gage: GOOD STORY,
HUH, CARL?

WELL THAT’S A REAL GASSER.

HEY, HOW COME YOU TWO
NEVER GET IN ON THE GOOD STUFF?

( groans )
FATE, I GUESS.

( groans )
YEAH.

TRY THIS ONE ON,
UH, CARL.

WAIT A MINUTE.
LET ME GET MY BOOK.

GO AHEAD.

RESCUE ON THE HIGH SEAS.
RIGHT.

SKIPPER KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS
ALOFT IN THE RIGGING...

MM-HMM.

ON A 90-FOOT CARGO SCHOONER

RIGHT OUT OF THE 18th CENTURY.

WHAT’S THE SKIPPER’S NAME?

FELLA BY THE NAME OF, UM...

( snaps fingers )
DON MATTHEWS.

NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

( clicks tongue )
WELL, IT’S--

IT’S THE RESCUE
THAT’S SENSATIONAL, CARL.

THERE’S NO HUMAN INTEREST.

WHO CAN RELATE TO A MAN
WITH A 90-FOOT SCHOONER?

I’LL SEE YOU FELLAS LATER.
I GOTTA GET THIS STUFF
DOWN AT THE DESK.

TAKE CARE.

CARL’S A GREAT GUY,
ISN’T HE?

YEAH. TOP-NOTCH.
REAL TOP-NOTCH.

SAY I WANT
TO THANK YOU GUYS

FOR HANDLING THAT BOAT
RESCUE FOR ME.

AS YOU CAN SEE,
I WAS KINDA TIED UP HERE,

WHAT WITH THE ACCIDENT,
AND THE PICTURES, AND ALL.

YEAH. WE NOTICED.

YOU’VE BEEN MAKING THE PAPERS
QUITE A BIT LATELY,

HAVEN’T YOU?
OH, I’M GETTING TO FEEL
LIKE A REAL CELEBRITY.

PEOPLE STARTING
TO RECOGNIZE ME THESE DAYS.

YOU HAVE A WAY
OF FALLING INTO IT.

NOT AT ALL, GAGE.

SEE IT’S WHAT
THEY CALL, UH...

CHARISMA.

NOW SOME OF US HAVE IT.

( chuckles )
YEAH. AND SOME OF US DON’T.

I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.

Kelly: AS YOU CAN SEE,
DOCTORS,

THE SKULL SERIES
ARE ALL NEGATIVE.

BUT THE SPINAL TAP--
THE FLUID WAS DISCOLORED.

THAT’S RIGHT.

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY
WE HAVE TO GO FURTHER.

THE POINT IS A NEGATIVE X-RAY

SHOULD NEVER FORM A BASIS
FOR COMPLACENCY.

SERIOUS AND EVEN FATAL
BRAIN DAMAGE

CAN EXIST EVEN IN THE ABSENCE

OF AN X-RAY ABNORMALITY.

Dixie: WE’RE READY, DOCTOR.

THIS INSTRUMENT IS KNOWN
AS A...

ULTRASONISCOPE.

AND THIS IS THE TRANSMITTER.

THEY’RE USED
IN WHAT WE CALL

AN ECHOENCEPHALOGRAM.

IT’S A DEVICE THAT DETERMINES

WHETHER THERE’S BEEN A SHIFT
IN MIDLINE STRUCTURES.

WHICH WOULD INDICATE...

A SPACE-OCCUPYING LESIONS.

Early: EXACTLY.

AND DIAGNOSED BY A PULSED BEAM

OF HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND

WHICH IS EMITTED
BY THIS TRANSMITTER.

AND THAT GOES BACK
TO BE RECORDED ON THIS
OSCILLOGRAPHIC SCREEN

WHENEVER A CHANGE OF DENSITY
IS ENCOUNTERED.

KEL?

IT’S A SIMPLE PROCEDURE

THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT
IN A VERY SHORT TIME

WITHOUT DISTURBING THE PATIENT
IN ANY WAY.

DR. EARLY
WILL PLACE THE TRANSMITTER

AT THE PATIENT’S TEMPLE.

NOW WATCH THE OSCILLOSCOPE.

Kelly: HIGH SPIKES
ARE RECORDED ON THE LEFT

AND EXTREME RIGHT
OF THE SCREEN

BY REFLECTIONS FROM THE SKULL
AND TEMPORAL MUSCLES.

MIDLINE STRUCTURES
PRODUCE A SMALLER BLIP.

YOU SEE THE SAME, JOE?

DEFLECTION?
CHECK THE OTHER SIDE.

NOTE THE LOCATION
OF THE CENTRAL BLIP NOW.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, KEL?

LET’S GET HIM
INTO SURGERY, FAST.

( sighs )

A VERY NICE JOB OF SURGERY,
DOCTOR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

TO BE PERFECT FRANK,

I FELT MORE
LIKE A SCHOOLTEACHER
THAN A SURGEON.

WELL IF THEY LEARNED SOMETHING,
IT WAS WORTH IT.

Woman on P.A.: DR. ALLEN.

63.

AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, KEL?

YOU MEAN,
DID I LEARN SOMETHING?

NOT THE SURGERY.

YOU COULD DO THAT
IN YOUR SLEEP.

I’M TALKING ABOUT YOUR
BEDSIDE MANNER.

OH, YES, THAT DOES
SEEM TO BE THE SUBJECT

OF CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION
AROUND HERE LATELY.

EXCEPT BEDSIDE MANNER
USUALLY RELATES TO THE PATIENT.

IN THIS CASE,
IT’S THE PATIENT’S FATHER.

YOU BLEW IT, KEL.

YOU REALLY BLEW IT.

I WAS RIGHT, JOE--

MEDICALLY, MORALLY,
AND ETHICALLY RIGHT.

HE CHOSE THE BATTLEGROUND.

YES, AND HE’S IN POSITION

TO BUY AND SELL
THAT BATTLEGROUND...

AND YOUR JOB
RIGHT ALONG WITH IT.

IF J. P. DUMONT
COULD BUY MY JOB...

IT’S NOT WORTH MUCH,
IS IT?

IT’S WORTH PLENTY.

I’D HATE TO SEE YOU
ANYWHERE BUT HERE.

HIS ATTORNEY CALLED ME.

HE’S A FRIEND OF MINE.

AND?

HE’S KIND OF
IN THE MIDDLE.

DOESN’T WANT
TO LOSE A CLIENT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
HE KNOWS WHAT A HOTHEAD
DUMONT IS.

I’LL AGREE WITH THAT.

THE WHOLE POINT IS, KEL,

THIS WHOLE THING
COULD’VE BEEN AVOIDED.

OH? HOW?

I KNOW YOU.

I KNOW YOU SO WELL, KEL.

AS A MATTER IN FACT,

YOU AND DUMONT
HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

YOU’RE BOTH HOTHEADS.

THERE’S A DIFFERENCE, JOE.

I’M RIGHT;
HE’S WRONG.

I DON’T CARE.
LET HIM SUE.

AFTER IT’S OVER WITH,
WE’LL SEE WHO’S ON TOP.

I’LL STACK THAT COURTROOM
WITH SO MANY MEDICAL EXPERTS

IT’LL TAKE A MONTH
TO READ THE TRANSCRIPTS.

OH?

AND SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU
BECOME SO AFFLUENT

THAT YOU CAN AFFORD
THE EXPENSE OF A TRIAL...

NOT TO MENTION THE NOTORIETY?

THERE’S A THING CALLED
"PRINCIPLE" INVOLVED HERE,
TOO, JOE.

AND SO MANY PEOPLE GET
TROMPED ON IN THE PROCESS:

THE HOSPITAL,

OTHER DOCTORS, REPUTATIONS.

IT’S NOT WORTH IT, KEL.

YOU’RE NOT SUGGESTING
I MAKE THAT PUBLIC APOLOGY

HE WANTS, ARE YA?

I’D LIKE TO TALK
TO HIM, KEL.

I’D LIKE TO SET THE RECORD
STRAIGHT FOR YOU.

I TRIED THAT ONCE MYSELF.

HE WON’T LISTEN.

WILL YOU GIVE ME THE CHANCE?

Woman on P.A.: MISS MCCALL,
ADMINISTRATOR’S--

CHARMING, DIPLOMATIC,
AND WARM.

HMM?

OH--SOMETHING DIXIE SAID.

SMART GIRL.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

( sighs )

ALL RIGHT, DR. EARLY.

GO AHEAD.

TURN ON THE CHARM.

HEY, WHERE YA GOING?
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
RIGHT THIS MINUTE.

YES IT DOES.
HE’S WAITING FOR MY CALL.
YOU MEAN YOU--

ALL I NEEDED
WAS YOUR PERMISSION.
AND I’VE GOT IT.

I’LL HAVE HIM HERE
IN AN HOUR.

LIKE I SAID,
YOU’RE A VERY SMART GIRL.

( indistinct announcement
over P.A. )

WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

WOULD YOU BELIEVE
A LESSON IN CHARM,

DIPLOMACY, AND WARMTH,
ALL MIXED IN

WITH A GOOD CON JOB.

( snorts )

NO, I HAVEN’T.

HE DOESN’T HANG AROUND HERE
MUCH, YOU KNOW.

OH, I WILL.

I CERTAINLY WOULDN’T WANT YOU
TO MISS YOUR BIG CHANCE.

WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

STAR, STAGE, SCREEN,

AND CARL EVANS’ DISTORTED IDEA
OF WHAT A GOOD NEWS STORY IS.

TOM WHEELER.
THE ONE AND ONLY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GUESS
WHAT THAT PHONE CALL
WAS ALL ABOUT?

HE’LL PROBABLY TELL US ANYWAY.

HE WAS SCOUTING AROUND
FOR CARL EVANS,

SAID HE HAD A GOOD
NEWS STORY FOR HIM.

SOUNDS MORE LIKE
HE’S RUBBING IT IN.

YEAH, AND HE’S
NOT GETTING TO ME.

HE ISN’T, HUH?

HMM!

DOESN’T BOTHER ME
IN THE LEAST.

THEN WHAT ARE YOU
SO UPTIGHT ABOUT?

NOT UPTIGHT.

THE JERK.

KNOW WHAT HIS BIG
NEWS FLASH WAS THIS TIME?

GIVING A GLASS OF WATER
AND A COUPLE OF ASPIRIN
TO, UH, JUDY SISKINE.

AND YOU KNOW WHO
JUDY SISKINE IS.
YOU’RE GONNA TELL US, RIGHT?

REMEMBER THE GIRL
IN THE BOAT?
THE SEASICK ONE?

WELL, WHEN THE HARBOR PATROL
GOT THE SCHOONER IN,

THERE WAS OLE FLASH
DOWN THERE TO MEET IT.

WELL IT TURNS OUT THAT THE GIRL
IS THE DAUGHTER

OF REGINALD SISKINE.

YOU KNOW,
THE OWNER AND PUBLISHER

OF THE BIG LADIES’ MAGAZINE?

SO?

"SO" NOTHING.

IT’S JUST THAT WHEELER

THOUGHT HE’D LIKE
TO GET IN ON THE STORY.

SO REGINALD BROUGHT IN
HIS CRACK REPORTERS

AND DID A WHOLE SERIES
ON WHEELER,

THE GREAT PARAMEDIC...

( sighs )

CONSOLING HIS DAUGHTER

AFTER A HARROWING EXPERIENCE
OF SEASICKNESS AT SEA.

SAID IT’D BE A GREAT
HUMAN INTEREST STORY.

WELL HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT.

SHE WAS A CUTE GIRL.

IS THAT ALL YOU
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT?

( loud buzzer )

YEAH, WELL, THERE GOES LUNCH.

Dispatcher on P.A.: SQUAD 51,
ENGINE 87,

WITH STATION 43.

STRUCTURES FIRE.

( echoing )
180 TO ( indistinct ) PLACE.

180 TO ( indistinct ) PLACE.

( P.A. continues indistinctly )

*

WE SHOULD BE GETTING CLOSE.

BUT I DON’T SEE A HEADER.

Man: 10-4, ENGINE 43.

ALL UNITS RESPONDING
WITH STATION 43, RETURN.

BATTALION 14, ENGINE 43

REPORTS FALSE ALARM.

RETURNING ALL UNITS.

( siren stops )

SQUAD 51.

( tires screeching )

THEY OUGHT TO FIND OUT
WHO TURNS IN THOSE FALSE ALARMS

AND SHOOT ’EM.

OR BETTER YET,
LET THEM GET TRAPPED

IN A BURNING BUILDING

WHILE WE’RE OUT RESPONDING

SOMEPLACE ON A FALSE ALARM.

( sighs )
YOU AGREE?

WITH WHAT?
YOU LOST ME THREE TIMES.

( sighs )

HEY, HEY, HEY.

STOP. SHE’S IN TROUBLE.

STICK TO BUSINESS, JOHNNY.

I WILL. I WILL.

OH...

GEE--GEE AM I GLAD
TO SEE YOU.

I REALLY NEED HELP.

OH, UH, IS THAT THE PROBLEM?

OH, NO, NO,
NOT REALLY.

IT--IT’S FARGO
THAT I’M WORRIED ABOUT.

HE’S TRAPPED.

Gage: IT’S A HORSE.

Woman:
IT’S NOT JUST A HORSE.

FARGO’S A THOROUGHBRED,

BUT HE MEANS MUCH MORE
THAN THAT TO ME.

( stammers )
AND I CAN’T GET HIM OUT.

THAT’S ALL RIGHT.
WE’LL GET HIM OUT, MRS., UH...

MRS.--
IT’S "MISS."

PENNY.
PENNY FORTAS.

( grunts softly )
WILL YOU HELP ME?

WHY SURE WE’LL HELP YA.

NOW W--OH,
THIS IS MY PARTNER, ROY.

MY NAME IS JOHN.
JOHNNY GAGE.

WELL I’M REALLY
GLAD TO MEET YOU.

AND THANKS.
I MEAN--I DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT TO DO.

OH, WE--WE UNDERSTAND.

UH, DON’T WORRY.
WE’LL DO ALL WE CAN

TO GET HIM OUT.

THAT IS UNLESS
WE GET A CALL.
YEAH. YEAH.

WELL, LISTEN--NOW HOW
DID YOU GET HIM DOWN--
COME ON. LET’S GO.

( horse neighs )

YEAH. HAVE ANY IDEAS?

ONLY ONE SO FAR.

HE’S NOT GONNA CLIMB
OUT OF THERE BY HIMSELF.

WELL MAYBE WE COULD
PULL HIM OUT.

NO, THERE’S NO FOOTHOLD,

AND I’M AFRAID
WE’D INJURE HIM.

HUH.

WELL WHAT’S THE ANSWER?

I MEAN I’D HATE
TO DISAPPOINT THE GIRL.

YEAH, I KNOW.

WELL WE CAN START
WITH A SHOVEL.

A SHOVEL?!

CAN’T YOU
THINK OF ANYTHING EASIER?

AND BEING THAT YOU
SO GRACIOUSLY

VOLUNTEERED OUR SERVICES,
YOU CAN START DIGGING.

( sighs )

( scoffs )

OH, SWELL.

WE’LL--

( panting )

( neighs )

( indistinct chattering
on radio )

HOW YA DOIN’, JOHNNY?

( grunting )

I CERTAINLY
APPRECIATE THIS, ROY.

OH, NO PROBLEM.

Dispatcher on Radio:
ENGINE 236, RETURN TO QUARTERS.

HOW DID FARGO
GET DOWN THERE, ANYWAY?

OH, A BUNCH OF HOT-ROD KIDS

SPOOKED HIM WHEN THE CAR
BACKFIRED.

I’M JUST GLAD HE WASN’T HURT.

WELL YOU COULD BE HURT
A LOT WORSE, TOO.

( horse neighs )

UH, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE
TO GET INTO THE HOSPITAL

FOR A TETANUS SHOT
AS SOON AS FARGO, HERE,

GETS ON FIRM GROUND.

( neighs )

( neighs )
( sighs )

OH BELIEVE ME,
I WANNA GET OUT OF HERE
AS BAD AS YOU DO.

Gage: WELL...

I THINK THAT’S
JUST ABOUT IT.

YOU DO FINE WORK, JOHNNY.

YEAH.

APPRECIATE IT.

Dispatcher on Radio:
HEADQUARTERS, TWO,

YOUR DESTINATION
AND E.T.A.?

I’VE HOOKED THE OTHER END
TO THE BUMPER OF THE SQUAD.

ALL RIGHT.

( grunts )

WAIT A MINUTE...

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

HELP THE HORSE.

WELL FROM WHICH END?

( horse neighs )

OKAY, WELL...

COME ON.
( sighs )

COME ON, WE’RE GONNA
GET YA OUT OF HERE.
NOW COME ON.

( Gage mutters )
COME ON.

KEEP AN EYE ON HIM
FOR ME, WILL YA?

WHAT--DO YOU
THINK IT’LL WORK?

FARGO COOPERATES.

OH, SOMEBODY BETTER
HOLD HIS REIGNS.

I’LL HOLLER WHEN I’M READY,
OKAY?

ALL RIGHT,
NOW WE’RE FRIENDS, RIGHT?

NOW NO ACCIDENTS.

( horse grunts )

( horse neighs )

ATTABOY.

ATTABOY.

ARE YOU READY TO GO?

OKAY, ROY.

( horse neighs )

ALL RIGHT, NOW GO.

COME ON.

Gage: GO ON.
( shouts )

( Gage shouting
and whistling )
COME ON.

( horse neighing )

Gage: WHOA. WHOA.

WHOA. WHOA.

GOT IT?
YEAH.

( sighs )
( Penny chuckles )

OH, GOOD BOY.

GOOD FARGO.

YES.

I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

REALLY.

OH, IT’S NO PROBLEM.

GLAD TO BE OF HELP.

YOU HAVE SOMEPLACE
TO PUT THAT HORSE?

GONNA HAVE TO GO
TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A SHOT.

OH, I WILL AS SOON AS I
PUT FARGO IN HIS CORRAL.

OUR PLACE IS ABOUT...

HALF A MILE UP THE ROAD.

I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

OH. IT’S OKAY.

IT’S ALL RIGHT.

I REALLY MEAN IT.

( kisses Roy )

*

( horse neighs )

THANKS AGAIN, FELLAS.

Dispatcher on Radio:
BATTALION 13,

SQUAD 209 IS 10-7
AT ST. FRANCIS.

*

( grunts softly )

REMEMBER TODAY ON THE BOAT?

YEAH.

YOU STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT VOLUNTEERING.

I AIN’T GONNA
VOLUNTEER ANYMORE.

Dispatcher on Radio:
BATTALION NINE,

CALL RESEARCH AND PLANNING.

Early: SO YOU SEE,
MR. DUMONT,

THERE’S A LOT MORE
TO THIS PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
( sighs )

AM I TO CONCLUDE
THAT THIS TREMENDOUS STRAIN

YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT

EXCUSED HIS ARROGANCE?
NO, SIR.

BUT I’D CERTAINLY LIKE YOU
TO TAKE IT IN CONSIDERATION.

PERHAPS ALL OF US HAVE
LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THIS,

INCLUDING DR. BRACKETT.

I DOUBT IT.

THE ONLY THING
I’M CONVINCED HE’S LEARNED

IS HOW TO PUT UP A GOOD,
THICK WALL

AND HIDE BEHIND IT.

SOMETIMES WE ALL HAVE THAT
PROBLEM TO SOME DEGREE.

I THINK THE ANSWER LIES
IN UNDERSTANDING ONE ANOTHER.

AND TEARING DOWN THAT WALL.

HE’S AN EXCELLENT DOCTOR,
MR. DUMONT.

AND YOU--

YOUR REPUTATION AS A FAIR
AND JUST MAN IN THIS COMMUNITY
IS UNQUESTIONED.

JUST THINK WHAT DRAGGING THIS
THING THROUGH THE COURTS
WOULD DO TO BOTH OF YOU.

AND WHAT ABOUT MY SON?

DO YOU REALIZE WHAT’S
HAPPENED TO HIM

BECAUSE OF BRACKETT’S
ATTITUDE?

I REALIZE ONE
VERY IMPORTANT THING

THAT’S HAPPENED TO YOUR SON
BECAUSE OF DR. BRACKETT...

HE’S ALIVE.

*

( indistinct announcement
on P.A. )

HI. I SEE YOU MADE IT.

UH, YES, I JUST GOT HERE.

( chuckles )
WE’LL GET YOU A SHOT
AS SOON AS WE CAN.

JOHNNY, ROY,
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

A LACERATED ARM.

SHE’S GONNA
NEED A TETANUS SHOT.

OKAY. WHY DON’T YOU
COME ON IN HERE.

OKAY.

THANKS AGAIN, FELLAS.

THAT’S OKAY.

LISTEN--DO YOU
HAVE A RIDE HOME?

UH, YES--MY BOYFRIEND
DROVE ME DOWN,

AND HE’S WAITING FOR ME...
RIGHT NOW.

OH.

MAYBE W--

STICK TO NURSES.

YOUR BATTING AVERAGE
IS A LITTLE BETTER.

( scoffs )

( indistinct murmuring )

I DELIVERED A BABY!

WHEELER DELIVERED A BABY!
WHAT A STORY!

WHAT’S SUCH A BIG DEAL
ABOUT DELIVERING A BABY?

IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SAN DIEGO
FREEWAY?

Woman on P.A.: MISS JONES,
RECEPTION, PLEASE.

MRS. SMITH,
SECTION FIVE, PLEASE.

THE NEXT THING, I HAD HIM
BRING HIS WIFE DOWN HERE.

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME DUMONT

ACTUALLY STILL HAS A WIFE?

THERE YOU GO AGAIN.
I’M SORRY.

I TAKE IT BACK.

REMEMBER THAT PROMISE, KEL.

FROM NOW ON, I’M MR. WARM
AND CUDDLY.

JUST REMEMBER--

I CAN’T AFFORD TO MAKE A CAREER
OF BAILING YOU OUT.

DO YOU REALIZE I SPENT
OVER THREE HOURS WITH THAT GUY?

( sighs )
MUST’VE BEEN A BACKBREAKER.

I COULDN’T HAVE STOOD
THREE MINUTES.

YOU KNOW, JOE,
MAYBE WE SHOULD TEAM UP.

I’LL CURE ’EM,
AND YOU CALM ’EM.

PASS.

I COULDN’T AFFORD YOU.

HELLO.

WHAT’S IT BEEN?
TWO WEEKS SINCE WE
DELIVERED THAT BABY?

WHERE WAS CARL THEN?

PROBABLY LOOKING
FOR A HUMAN-INTEREST STORY.
( beeping )

Dispatcher on Radio:
ENGINE 51,

SQUAD 51, ENGINE 125.

CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT.

OBERLIN BETWEEN KILMORE
AND NORTHGATE.

OBERLIN BETWEEN
KILMORE AND NORTHGATE.

TIME OUT--15:20.

SQUAD 51 RESPONDING
FROM RAMPART EMERGENCY.

10-4, SQUAD 51.

SOUNDS LIKE A BIG ONE.

THERE ARE NO SMALL ACCIDENTS.

NOT FOR THE VICTIMS.

( siren blaring )

( sirens blaring )

SHE’S DOWN THERE,
ALL RIGHT.

I-I SEEN HER FALL IN.
( grunts )

YEAH, THERE’S A WHOLE BUNCH
OF KIDS PLAYING AROUND HERE--I
RUN ’EM OFF TWO OR THREE TIMES.

LITTLE GIRL COULDN’T HAVE
BEEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OLD.
SHE JUST RUN ACROSS THAT HOLE

AND CLEAN DISAPPEARED
FROM SIGHT.
HOW DEEP IS IT?

ABOUT 15 FEET.

KELLY, GET ME A LIGHT,
WILL YA?

( indistinct chattering
on radio )

Dispatcher on Radio:
ENGINE IN SQUAD SIX,

PATROL 83,
BATTALION 7.

BRUSH FIRE--
ANGLE THAT LIGHT DOWN
A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE HOLE.

EASY--THAT HOLE’S SHAKY ENOUGH
TO FILL IN BY ITSELF.

( whimpering )
Roy: I CAN SEE HER.

SHE’S STUCK DOWN IN THE HOLE

WITH HER ARM OVER HER HEAD
LIKE THIS.

WE COULD DROP A LINE DOWN,

TAKE A LOOP,

AROUND HER WRIST.

IT’S WORTH A TRY.

( beeping )

Dispatcher on Radio:
SQUAD SIX, DANGER SIGNS--

ALL RIGHT, LET ME
TAKE YOUR PLACE FOR A MINUTE.

( grunts )

...276--15 SUZY LANE.

276--15 SUZY LANE.
OKAY.

LOWER IT DOWN.

( sighs )

( mutters indistinctly )

’BOUT ANOTHER FOOT.

ALL RIGHT.
EASY.

SEE IF YOU CAN...

WRAP THAT LOOP
AROUND HER WRIST.

( girl whimpering )
EASY.

( girl crying )

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
TIGHTEN IT UP.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, NOW.

LET’S TRY TO BRING HER UP.

( mutters indistinctly )

OH, MY BABY!
MY LITTLE ELENA!

MY BABY!
Roy: EASY.

( sighs )

DAMN IT.

IT’S NOT GONNA WORK.

BETTER BRING THAT PUMP IN.

( exhales sharply )

THIS IS THE LITTLE GIRL’S
MOTHER, MRS. DIAZ.

SHE COULD USE SOME
ENCOURAGEMENT.

I’LL TRY.
I-I’LL TRY.

ELENA?!

WE’RE GONNA HAVE
TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE.

SHE’S JUST WEDGED IN THERE
TOO TIGHT.

LOOP WOULDN’T HOLD.

THEN WE DIG HER OUT.

( sighs )
THE WAY I SEE IT,

ELITA! CAN YOU HEAR ME?
WE PUT A RESCUE SHAFT
DOWN RIGHT HERE.

WE’LL BE FAR ENOUGH AWAY
FROM THE SHORING HOLE TO--

NOT TO DISTURB IT.

YEAH, I’M WITH YOU.
ELELITA!

WE DIG STRAIGHT DOWN,
ACROSS,

CAN YOU HEAR ME, SWEETHEART?
THEN WE CAN DIG ACROSS, AND...

SHORING HOLE.
I DON’T KNOW.

THIS GROUND’S AWFUL LOOSE.

I DON’T SEE WE
HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE.

I DON’T EITHER.

DO YOU HAVE AN OPERATOR
FOR THAT GRADALL?

YEAH. SAM!

BRING THAT GRADALL OVER HERE!

Mrs. Diaz: YOU--
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE,
AND THEY’RE ALL GONNA HELP.

( indistinct shouting )

IS SHE--IS SHE GONNA DIE?

WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING
WE POSSIBLY CAN, MRS. DIAZ.

DON’T LOSE HOPE.

NOW SHE NEEDS TO HEAR YOU.

SHE HAS TO HAVE
YOUR CONFIDENCE.

NOW PLEASE,
TRY TO TALK TO HER AGAIN.

OKAY.

E-ELENITA.

Y-YOU KNOW WHAT WE GONNA
DO IN A LITTLE WHILE, HONEY?

( indistinct chattering
on radio )

Dispatcher on Radio:
SQUAD 54, BATTALION 9--

GARAGE, 12540...
( radio continues indistinctly )

I FIGURE IT’LL
TAKE ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR

TO DIG 15 FEET.

I HOPE WE HAVE
THAT MUCH TIME.

( speaking Spanish )

( sighs )

DESOTO!

YEAH?

IT’S EXACTLY 12 FEET

TO THE TOP OF HER HEAD.

WELL WE START
THE LATERAL HOLE AT 13.

SHOULD BE RIGHT ON.

CAN YOU STILL HEAR HER?

IT’S AMAZING,
BUT SHE SOUNDS PRETTY FAIR.

WELL WE SHOULD BE THROUGH
ANYTIME NOW.

WHY DON’T YOU
DROP THAT HANDY-TALKIE DOWN?

THANKS.

( sobbing )

OH, GOD.

OKAY.

( panting )

LET’S TAPE IT.

( groaning )

( grunting )

OKAY.

EIGHT FEET ON THE NOSE.

WE SHOULD BE ONLY INCHES
FROM THE SHORING HOLE.

YOU BETTER
START USING YOUR HANDS.

ALL RIGHT.

( gasps )

( grunts )

I’M THROUGH!

WAIT A MINUTE!

( groans )
SHINE THAT LIGHT OVER HERE!

I DON’T FEEL HER!

( panting )

WE MISSED HER!

WELL PUT YOUR ARM
THROUGH THE HOLE

AND HOLD IT.

CAP, SQUAD 51.

WE’RE THROUGH TO THE HOLE,

BUT SHE’S NOT THERE.

YOU CHECK AND SEE

IF YOU CAN SEE GAGE’S HAND.

DESOTO!

YOU’RE A FOOT AND A HALF
ABOVE HER HEAD.

SHE MUST HAVE SLIPPED DOWN.
WE’LL BACK OFF, CAP,

AND THEN ANGLE DOWN.

JOHNNY, WE’RE TOO HIGH!

WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO BACK OFF
AND THEN ANGLE DOWN.

( grunting )

( speaking Spanish )

( sobbing )
OH, GOD.

Dispatcher on Radio:
SQUAD 39, CHILD HIT BY AUTO.

8412...
( radio continues indistinctly )

...CROSS STREET, JEFFERSON.

CAP?

TOM WHEELER, SQUAD 110,
SENT OVER TO ASSIST.

JUST HANG LOOSE, WHEELER.
WE’RE GETTIN’ CLOSE.

Roy on Radio: CAP,
WE SHOULD BE IN HERE ANYTIME.

10-4.

( Gage grunting )

I’M GETTIN’ CLOSE.

( panting )

HOW LONG’S IT BEEN?

( sighs )
ABOUT THREE HOURS.

IT’S GONNA BE A MIRACLE
IF SHE HANGS ON.

WELL LET’S
PRAY FOR ONE, THEN.

( buzzing )

Dispatcher on Radio:
ENGINE 27, TRUCK 27,

ENGINE 89,

RESPOND...
( radio continues indistinctly )

( Mrs. Diaz sobbing )
OH, GOD.

( grunts )

HOLD IT!

ROY!

I GOT HER.

*

( panting )

SHE LOOKS OKAY.

SHE REALLY LOOKS OKAY.

ELENA, HOW DO YOU FEEL,
SWEETHEART?

( murmuring indistinctly )

OH...

WE’VE GOT HER OUT.

SHE APPEARS TO BE OKAY.

SHE KEEPS ASKING FOR MOMMY.

10-4.
( gasps )

OH...
( speaking Spanish )

OH, THANK GOD!

OH, GOOD...

( indistinct chattering
on radio )

( grunting )

YEAH.

( mutters )

GRAB AROUND MY--
WATCH YOUR HAND.

WATCH YOUR HEAD.

( sighs )

( cheering and applauding )

OH, MY LITTLE BABY.

OH, MY BABY.

MY BABY.

MY BABY.

( sobbing )
OH, GOD.

MY BABY...

( grunting )
Mrs. Diaz: OH, MY BABY.

MY BABY.

( indistinct chattering )

( Mrs. Diaz sobbing )

( sighs )

YOU KNOW...

THIS IS ONE TIME
I REALLY DON’T CARE

IF WHEELER DOES
MAKE THE PAPERS.

( sighs )

*