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( radio indistinct )

( indistinct talking )

WHERE’S MY BOY? YOU THE JOHNSONS?

YES, WE CAME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHAT HAPPENED?

YOU’RE SON WAS TACKLED BY THREE LINEMAN,

HE WAS HIT A LITTLE TOO HARD.

YOU SEE? YOU SEE WHAT’S HAPPENED?

Desoto: I’M SURE HE’S GOING TO BE OKAY, MA’AM.

OH, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? YOU’RE ONLY A FIREMAN.

Man: JOANNE.

I WANT TO SEE HIM. PLEASE?

WELL, THE DOCTOR JUST STARTED THE EXAMINATION.

I WANT TO SEE HIM, PLEASE. I MUST. LET ME SEE HIM.

Loudspeaker: CAN I HAVE A DOCTOR IN TREATMENT ONE?

ALL RIGHT, JUST FOR A MINUTE.

JIMMY!

OH, MY GOD.

THE BOY’S PARENTS. WHAT IS IT, DOCTOR?

WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIM?

Doctor: WELL, RIGHT NOW, ALL I CAN TELL YOU

IS HE SUFFERED A BLOW TO THE HEAD.

WHEN WE FINISH WITH THE EXAMINATION, I’LL BE ABLE

TO TELL HOW SERIOUS IT IS.

WELL, IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW SERIOUS IT IS,

WHAT ARE YOU GIVING HIM THAT FOR?

Doctor: IT’S JUST A PRECAUTION.

SO THERE WON’T BE ANY COMPLICATIONS LATER ON TO PREVENT SHOCK.

NOW, AS SOON AS I’M FINISHED, I’LL BE ABLE TELL YOU

AND YOUR HUSBAND EXACTLY WHAT HIS CONDITION IS.

WELL, WHEN WILL THAT BE? AFTER HE’S...

( crying )

Nurse: DOCTOR, BP IS 120 OVER 80. PULSE IS 78.

GET X-RAY ON THE PHONE. HAVE THEM SET UP A FULL SKULL SERIES,

AND ECHO ENCEPHALOGRAM.

HAS TIM EVER COMPLAINED OF HEADACHES OR DIZZINESS? NEVER.

HE’S A VERY STRONG BOY. HAS HE EVER HAD A HEAD INJURY BEFORE?

NO. HE’S NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

JOANNE, PLEASE. I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

IT SHOULDN’T BE MUCH LONGER.

HOPE YOU’RE SATISFIED. SATISFIED?

YES. IT’S YOUR FAULT, YOU KNOW THAT? LOOK, THE BOY--

YOU JUST HAD TO INSIST ON HIS PLAYING FOOTBALL.

JOANNE, TIM WANTED TO TRY OUT FOR THE TEAM.

HE’S A FINE ATHLETE. YOU ENCOURAGED HIM.

WELL, WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? TALK HIM OUT OF IT?

TELL HIM TO TRY OUT FOR THE DEBATING TEAM INSTEAD?

HE’S A BOY, AND ALL BOYS WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL.

IT’S PART OF GROWING UP. DOES THAT INCLUDE

GETTING HIS BRAINS KNOCKED OUT?

IS THAT PART OF GROWING UP TOO? JOANNE, IT WAS

AN ACCIDENT. AN ACCIDENT THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED

IF HE HADN’T BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL.

WELL, IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED SOMEPLACE ELSE,

HE COULD’VE FALLEN OUT OF THAT TREE HOUSE IN THE BACKYARD.

PLAYING WITH HIS FRIENDS, CROSSING THE STREET.

HONEY, WE CAN’T WRAP HIM IN CELLOPHANE

AND EXPECT HIM TO GROW UP TO BE A MAN.

YOUR IDEA OF A MAN.

SOMEONE WHO CAN SCORE A TOUCHDOWN,

HIT A HOMERUN, OR KNOCK SOMEONE OUT IN THE RING.

YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES YOU WANT YOUR SON

TO DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE YOU’RE TOO OLD

YOURSELF TO DO THEM ANYMORE.

HONEY, YOU CAN’T MEAN THAT.

YOU’RE UPSET. NO.

( siren wailing )

HIYA, TIM. HOW ARE YOU DOING?

( laughs ) OKAY.

THEY SURE RUN A LOT OF TESTS AROUND HERE.

( chuckles ) NOTHING BUT THE BEST

FOR THE WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH COWBOYS.

HOW’D YOU KNOW THAT?

I COULD TELL FROM THE COLOR OF YOUR JERSEY.

HOW’D YOU KNOW THAT?

WELL, CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?

WELL, WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I WAS A POM-POM GIRL AT WASHINGTON.

NO KIDDING?

( shushing )

WELL, YOUR TESTS AND X-RAYS ALL SEEM TO INDICATE

YOU’RE ONE VERY TOUGH FOOTBALL PLAYER.

THEN CAN I GO HOME?

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

FINE.

ANYTHING HURT? NOPE.

FEEL DIZZY? NOPE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU GOT HERE?

IN AN AMBULANCE. WHAT GRADE ARE YOU IN?

THIRD YEAR IN JUNIOR HIGH.

YOU LIKE PLAYING FOOTBALL? YEAH.

WHAT POSITION DO YOU PLAY? QUARTERBACK.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE PLAY WAS WHEN YOU GOT CLOBBERED?

I’LL SAY. QUARTERBACK SNEAK WITH NO HOLE.

( chuckles ) WHAT WAS THE SCORE WHEN IT HAPPENED?

I THINK, 21-14. WHO WAS WINNING?

WE WERE. GOOD BOY.

I THINK OUR YOUNG UNITAS HAS IT ALL TOGETHER.

THEN CAN I GO HOME?

UH, HOW ABOUT TOMORROW MORNING?

I’D LIKE TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

OKAY. LONG AS I’M BACK IN TIME FOR THE NEXT GAME.

I WILL PLAY, WON’T I, DOC?

NOW, THAT’S UP TO YOUR PARENTS, TIM.

YEAH. ARE THEY HERE?

YEAH, THEY’RE WAITING FOR MY REPORT.

MY MOM. I BET SHE’S PRETTY UPSET, HUH?

WELL, YOU KNOW HOW MOTHERS ARE.

THEY KINDA WORRY A LOT.

ME AND DAD ARE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LOT OF HARD TALKING

TO GET OUT OF THIS ONE.

WELL, I’M SURE YOU’LL FIND A WAY.

AND MAYBE OUR POM-POM GIRL HERE CAN GIVE YOU A FEW POINTERS.

( laughs )

Loudspeaker: DR. BAKER, OUTSIDE CALL PLEASE.

DOCTOR? HE’S FINE.

THANK GOD. HE SUFFERED A MINOR CONCUSSION.

IT’S NOT UNUSUAL WITH KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CONTACT SPORTS.

WELL, WILL THERE BE ANY--

LASTING EFFECTS? NO, NOTHING MORE THAN PERHAPS

A SORE HEAD BY EVENING. I’D LIKE TO KEEP HIM

OVERNIGHT AS A PRECAUTION, THOUGH.

YOU CAN TAKE HIM HOME TOMORROW. BUT HE WILL NEED

SEVERAL DAYS REST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR. SURE.

LOUDSPEAKER: DR. ELLIS LOPEZ.

( sighs )

I’M SORRY. FORGIVE ME?

( sighing )

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN FOR OUR SIDE.

I GUESS YOU CAN’T BLAME HIM.

YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE GET A CALL,

AND IT’S TO HELP A KID, I CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT MY OWN TWO.

I WONDER HOW I’D FEEL IF ONE OF THEM WAS HURT.

LIKE ANY OTHER PARENT. FRIGHTENED, UPSET,

WISHING YOU COULD TRADE PLACES.

YOU’D FEEL JUST LIKE THE JOHNSONS.

WOULDN’T HE, JOHNNY? HMM? OH, YEAH.

I’LL BE IN THE SQUAD.

WHAT’S WITH HIM?

( sighs ) YOU GOT ME, HIS JAW’S BEEN

DRAGGING ON THE FLOOR SINCE HE CAME ON THIS MORNING.

YOU’D BETTER DO SOMETHING QUICK

BEFORE HE WEARS IT TO THE BONE.

BELIEVE ME, I’VE TRIED. YOU JUST WITNESSED

THE FIRST UNSOLICITED CONVERSATION I’VE HAD FROM HIM ALL DAY.

LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.

WELL, ACTUALLY IT’S A KIND OF

A REFRESHING CHANGE.

( beeping sound )

Radio: SQUAD 51,

POSSIBLE HEART CASE. 417 NORTH BELMONT.

417 NORTH BELMONT. CROSS STREET NEVORT.

TIME OUT 10:10.

SQUAD 51, TEN-FOUR.

KEEP IN TOUCH.

POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK, JOHNNY. LET’S MOVE IT.

WHERE TO?

( engine starts )

( sirens wailing )

Radio: ENGINE 15 RETURN TO QUARTERS.

HE’S INSIDE. HE LOOKS REAL BAD, TOO.

HIS WIFE CAME RIGHT OUT THERE WAVING ME DOWN.

I WAS JUST PASSING BY.

PUT IT UP ABOVE HIS HEAD.

I TOLD YOU THEY’D BE HERE RIGHT AWAY.

RAMPART, THIS IS RESCUE 51.

Gage: RAMPART, THIS IS RESCUE 51.

GO AHEAD, 51. RAMPART, WE HAVE A MALE VICTIM,

APPROXIMATE AGE...

39.

39. HE’S UNCONSCIOUS. BLOOD PRESSURE 110 OVER 50.

RATE 110, REGULAR.

RESPIRATION 12 AND SHALLOW. WE HAVE TWO LITERS OF OXYGEN

PER MINUTE ON HIM.

51, SEND ME A SCRIPT OF E.K.G.

STAND BY.

DOES HE HAVE A HISTORY OF A HEART CONDITION?

I DON’T THINK SO. UM, NO.

WELL, HOW’S HE BEEN FEELING LATELY?

FINE, JUST FINE.

RAMPART, E.K.G. IS SET UP. TRANSMITTING LEAD 2.

( radio transmitting )

51, CONFIRM SINUS TACHYCARDIA.

START IV... ( tire screeching )

TEN-FOUR.

( car door closing )

DON’T WORRY, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING.

WHAT DO YOU GOT? POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK.

ARE YOU HIS WIFE? YES.

THEN YOU CAN ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.

WHAT FOR? OH, THIS IS JUST ROUTINE,

JUST FOR THE RECORD.

ARE YOU A RELATIVE? OH, NO. NO, I’M A PLUMBER.

I WAS JUST PASSING BY. SHE CAME OUT WAVING FOR HELP.

WHAT IS YOUR HUSBAND’S NAME?

UH, MR. REMSEN.

FIRST NAME? JOE...JOSEPH.

PATIENT IS IN B-FIB.

DEFIBRILLATE. 400 WATTS SECONDS.

GIVE ONE AMPSODIUM BICARBONATE.

TEN-FOUR. GET ON THAT OXYGEN!

( buzzing sound )

( electro-shock going off )

NO CONVERSION. HIT HIM AGAIN.

( electro-shock going off )

( buzzing sound ) HE’S BACK.

HE’S BREATHING ON HIS OWN.

51, START A LIDOCAINE DRIP AND RECHECK VITAL SIGNS.

IS THERE AN AMBULANCE THERE?

Gage: AFFIRMATIVE.

CONTINUE E.K.G. AND BRING HIM ON IN.

TEN-FOUR.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A GOOD CHANCE

OF PULLING THROUGH.

WILL HE HAVE TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL LONG?

WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON HIS RECOVERY.

WAS HE GOING ON A TRIP? WHAT?

WAS HE GOING ON A TRIP? I NOTICED THE SUITCASE BEHIND THE CHAIR.

OH, YES. UM... A BUSINESS TRIP.

WELL, HE WON’T BE GOING ON ONE FOR A WHILE.

SEE YOU GUYS AROUND.

HE’S ALL YOURS. GIVE HIM A NICE, GENTLE RIDE.

JOHNNY’LL JOIN YOU LATER.

WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? WHAT’S YOUR NAME, SIR?

THE NAME IS REMSEN. I HAPPEN TO LIVE HERE.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID...

THESE YOURS? YES, THEY’RE MINE.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING DOWN HERE?

DO YOU MIND IF I OPEN THIS?

Remsen: NO.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? I’D SAY THEY’RE A COUPLE OF

BURGLARS WHO WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING YOU OUT,

MR. REMSEN. MA’AM, YOU’RE UNDER ARREST.

ROSS? YOU WANT TO TAKE HER IN?

I’LL RIDE IN WITH THE AMBULANCE.

NEED CLOSE OBSERVATION, TREATMENT, AND PLENTY OF REST.

I GUESS HE’LL BE GETTING A LOT OF THAT.

THERE’S A GOOD POSSIBILITY.

IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL DOUBLE JEOPARDY, DOC?

VERY GOOD JOB. EVEN IF IT WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM AN "A-NUMBER ONE" TEAM?

DO I DETECT A NOTE OF DISCONTENT?

WHY NO, DOC. WHAT STUPID NUT WOULDN’T

WANT TO WORK WITH THE WORLD’S GREATEST PARAMEDIC?

WHAT BROUGHT THAT ON?

THAT’S THE DEEPEST MYSTERY OF OUR TIMES.

Radio: TEN-FOUR, COPTER TWO.

MEET DIVISION FOUR IN THE PARKING LOT.

NEGATIVE, DIVISION TWO.

HEY, YOU READY TO GO, PARTNER?

YEAH, BUT FIRST I’D LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT’S BUGGING YA.

WHY SHOULD THERE BE ANYTHING BUGGING ME?

WHY HAVE YOU BEEN MOPING AROUND ALL DAY?

IT’S NOT LIKE YOU, JOHNNY. OH, IT’S NOT LIKE ME?

OH. HAVE YOU BECOME AN EXPERT ON JOHN GAGE, NOW?

LOOK, I KNOW WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ME.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. NO, IT HASN’T

SUNK IN YET, PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME.

YOU KNOW, YOU’RE REALLY SOMETHING.

FIRST YOU PUT ME DOWN, THEN AT THE SAME TIME,

YOU ACT LIKE WE’RE BIG BUDDIES.

YOU KNOW, I’M BEGINNING TO THINK YOU’RE SOME KIND OF A NUT.

WHEN DID I PUT YOU DOWN?

SEE? THERE YOU GO.

LOOK, IF YOU DON’T LIKE ME, JUST LET ME KNOW, ALL RIGHT?

I LIKE YOU. I LIKE YOU. FINE.

THEN DON’T PUT ME DOWN. I’M NOT.

YOU ALREADY HAVE. WHEN?

NOW, SEE? YOU DID IT JUST THEN. YOU...

UGH.

Radio: ENGINE 147, TEN-FOUR.

DON’T-- DON’T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.

I’M THROUGH TALKING.

WHENEVER YOU GET READY TO ADMIT IT,

THEN I’LL CONSIDER ACCEPTING YOU’RE APOLOGY.

APOLOGY FOR WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT FOR.

SQUAD 51 AVAILABLE.

( engine starts )

Radio: SQUAD 51.

DR. EARLY?

DR. EARLY? DR. EARLY?

HEY. SLOW DOWN. WHAT IS IT?

A PATIENT, DOCTOR. SHE’S REALLY SICK.

YOU HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT HER? WELL, SHE ONLY

WANTS YOU, DR. EARLY. NOBODY ELSE BUT YOU.

WELL, WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING AROUND FOR?

WHY DIDN’T YOU HAVE ME PAGED? PAGED?

I DIDN’T THINK OF THAT.

OKAY, WHERE IS SHE? RIGHT IN HERE, DOCTOR. HURRY.

OH, DR. EARLY. HELLO, MS. ANDERSON.

I’M SO GLAD YOU COULD COME. I JUST GET SO SCARED

OF ANYBODY ELSE. ANY NEW DIAGNOSTIC THEORIES, REGGIE?

WELL, I HAVE GIVEN THIS QUITE A BIT OF THOUGHT,

AND I THINK THIS TIME I FINALLY GOT IT.

I CAN’T WAIT.

REGGIE, TELL HIM WHY MY STOMACH’S IN SUCH PAIN.

WILL YOU LIE DOWN-- WELL, IT’S GONNA TAKE AN OPERATION, DOC.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, DON’T YOU, DR. EARLY?

( groaning ) NO SUCH THING, HONEY.

HONEY, IT’S RIGHT THERE IN THE MEDICAL BOOK.

HE’S JUST TRYING TO COMFORT ME, DR. EARLY.

I KNOW WHAT THAT OPERATION IS.

YOU HAVE ONE, THEN ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER,

AND AGAIN, TILL THERE’S... THERE’S JUST NOTHING LEFT.

I’D RATHER HAVE THREE MONTHS AS A WHOLE WOMAN,

THAN A YEAR AS HELPLESS ANIMAL JUST WAITING

TO BE PUT OUT OF HER MISERY.

SHE’S GOT IT ALL WRONG, DOC. THE SYMPTOMS PROVE IT.

UH-HUH.

Reggie: NOW, LET ME SEE, KATIE HAD HER APPENDIX OUT

ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO, ISN’T THAT RIGHT, HONEY?

THAT’S RIGHT. HE KNOWS.

SEE, THAT PROVES IT, DOC. YOU KNOW,

BUT IT’S NOT AN IMPORTANT OPERATION, SWEETHEART,

SO DON’T WORRY.

OH, I KNOW YOU TRY REGGIE. YOU REALLY DO TRY.

AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT.

GIVE HER A SHOT FOR THE PAIN, WILL YA, DOC?

OH, JUST A SMALL SHOT.

WHY A SMALL ONE? OH, BECAUSE I WANT

TO BE CONSCIOUS THROUGH AS MUCH OF THIS AS POSSIBLE.

EVEN IF IT MEANS EXPERIENCING THIS PAIN.

Dr. Early: THROUGH AS MUCH OF WHAT?

THE LITTLE TIME I HAVE LEFT.

I KNOW IT’S COMMON PRACTICE TO KEEP YOUR PATIENTS DRUGGED,

BUT...AND LET THEM DIE IN PEACE, BUT I DON’T WANT THAT.

( sighing ) I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE

MY REGGIE BY MY SIDE ALL THE TIME,

UP UNTIL THE VERY END.

NOW WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT DYING?

WELL, NOBODY HAD TO. I JUST KNOW IT. Dr. Early: HOW?

DID REGGIE TELL YOU?

OH, HE DIDN’T HAVE TO.

I JUST KNOW IT. ( crying )

OH, DR. EARLY? OH, NURSE.

UH, DOC. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS RIGHT THERE

IN THE MEDICAL BOOK. I WROTE IT DOWN.

I GOT IT RIGHT HERE IN MY POCKET. WAIT A MINUTE.

UH, AN OBSTRUCTION OF THE LOWER INTESTINE DUE TO AN ADHESION

FROM PREVIOUS APPENDECTOMY. HMM?

YOU REALLY HAD TO DIG FOR THAT ONE, DIDN’T YOU REGGIE?

I HIT IT RIGHT ON THE BUTTON, HUH, DOC?

HERE, SIT UP, MS. ANDERSON. OH!

DRINK THIS.

( sighing )

Dr. Early: YOU’RE JUST ABOUT 360 DEGREES OFF, REGGIE.

I RULED THAT OUT THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE.

YOU DID?

OKAY, LET ME GUESS. YOU AND KATIE WENT OUT

LAST NIGHT, RIGHT?

UM, YEAH.

TO JOSE’S? YEAH.

THAT’S WHERE YOU WENT THE LAST TIME, RIGHT?

REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE CHORIZO SAUSAGE?

( sighing )

CHORIZO SAUSAGE. ( burping )

EXCUSE ME.

( sighing )

THE PAIN... THE PAIN’S GONE.

REALLY?

IT REALLY IS, REGGIE. THE PAIN IS GONE.

IT’S...IT’S NOT WHAT YOU CALL IT...

YOU KNOW... WHAT DO YOU CALL IT IN THE LOWER INTESTINE?

MM-MMM.

YOU’RE CURED AGAIN, MS. ANDERSON.

DID YOU HEAR THAT, REGGIE?

YEAH, COME ON. LET’S GET OUT OF HERE.

Ms. Anderson: WHERE TO?

I GOTTA GET ME ANOTHER MEDICAL BOOK.

THAT REGGIE. HE’S A DARLING, MY REGGIE.

( chuckling )

AREN’T THEY JUST THE SWEETEST COUPLE, DOCTOR?

YEAH, SURE. AND JUST PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER.

AND BOTH SUFFERING FROM THE SAME DISEASE: ACUTE HYPOCHONDRIA.

HE SWALLOWED SOME PILLS!

I WAS BABYSITTING WITH... I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF PILLS? THESE.

PHENOBARBITAL.

HE STOPPED BREATHING. AMBU BAG.

ORANGOSCOPE. START AN IV WITH D5-W.

AND DRAW BLOODS FOR BARBITURATE LEVEL.

RESPIRATOR.

( machine clicking )

( clicking continues )

IV STARTED. HOOK UP E.K.G..

E.K.G.’S READY.

WHAT CHA GOT, KEL? O.D. PHENOBARBITAL.

BRADYCARDIA, 30 AND DROPPING.

GOTTA INCREASE THE HEART RATE BEFORE HE GOES INTO ARREST.

LET’S TRY 1/2 MILLIGRAM ATROPINE.

( heart monitor beeping )

( heart monitor beeping )

IT’S NOT WORKING. LET’S TRY A HALF CC OF EPINEPHRINE.

LET’S GO WITH A PACEMAKER.

TAKE OVER, JOE.

BAG IT.

ARE YOU GONNA USE A CUTDOWN? NO, PERCUTANEOUS.

( heart monitor beeping )

( heart monitor quickens )

IT’S IN POSITION NOW, KEL.

SET AT A RATE OF 80.

( heart monitor beeping faster )

IT’S WORKING. PACING WELL AT 80.

WHAT’S THE LAB REPORT?

BLOOD ANALYSIS SHOWS 2.6 MILLIGRAMS BARBITURATE LEVEL.

PHENOBARBITAL CAPSULES LEFT LYING AROUND

THE HOUSE FOR THE KID TO SWALLOW.

MIGHT AS WELL LEAVE A LOADED GUN.

YEAH. CONTINUE D5-W.

YES, DOCTOR.

TRANSFER HIM UP TO PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

I’LL WRITE UP THE ORDERS.

I’LL HAVE A TALK WITH THE BABYSITTER, KEL.

SHE MUST BE FEELING PRETTY BAD.

Loudspeaker: DR. SMITH, AN EMERGENCY.

DR. SMITH, AN EMERGENCY.

HUN...

WE THINK HE’S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

REALLY? MM-HMM.

HE’LL HAVE TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL UNTIL

HIS CONDITION STABILIZES. IT SHOULDN’T BE TOO LONG.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS HE’S OUT OF DANGER.

IT WAS ALL MY FAULT.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING HIM, ONLY

I THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING A NAP.

WELL, MEDICINE SHOULDN’T BE LEFT AROUND

WHERE CHILDREN GET TO IT.

BUT HIS PARENTS TRUSTED ME.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL.

HE MIGHT HAVE DIED.

BUT HE DIDN’T.

AND IT WAS YOUR QUICK THINKING THAT SAVED HIM.

YOU DIDN’T WASTE ANY TIME GETTING HIM HERE,

AND YOU BROUGHT THE BOTTLE ALONG SO THE DOCTOR

COULD SEE WHAT HE’D TAKEN.

YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.

HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO HIS PARENTS?

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TALK TO THEM?

OH, WOULD YOU? YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE?

I HAVE A NUMBER.

COME ON, LET’S GIVE THEM A CALL.

IT’S 457-2439.

Loudspeaker: PATROL TWO, CALL YOUR OFFICE.

HEY, DESOTO, WHAT IS BUGGING GAGE?

I JUST SAID SOMETHING TO HIM, HE ALMOST SNAPPED MY HEAD OFF.

DON’T ASK, HE’S NOT TALKING.

HE’D RATHER BROOD.

AW, WHAT ARE YOU BROODING ABOUT, JOHNNY BABY?

ALL RIGHT, CHET, YOU TELL HIM.

AH, SO NOW CHET’S IN ON A SECRET, EH?

WHAT SECRET? Gage: AH, AH, AH.

NOW DON’T DUMMY UP.

GO AHEAD, KELLY. TELL HIM WHAT YOU TOLD ME.

NOW, MY FINE FEATHERED FRIEND HERE SEEMS TO HAVE A BAD MEMORY.

Kelly: WHAT’D I TELL YOU?

REMEMBER LAST NIGHT, THE DOUBLE DATE?

OH. ALL I REMEMBER IS THAT CHICK.

SHE WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

Kelly: IT’S LIKE AN INSTANT REPLAY.

ALL RIGHT, CHET. LOOK. FORGET THE CHICK, WILL YOU?

JUST REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION.

REMEMBER WHAT YOU TOLD ME WHAT HE SAID ABOUT ME TO YOU?

AND THEN YOU TOLD ME?

Loudspeaker: SQUAD 59, CANCEL YOUR RESPONSE.

OH, YOU MEAN WHEN YOU TURNED THE WATER GLASS UPSIDE DOWN

ON THE NAPKIN? YEAH, YEAH. RIGHT, YEAH.

YEAH, I SAID IT. SO WHAT?

AH, WE’RE GETTING WARMER. SO WHAT DID I SAY

THAT YOU SAID THAT I SAID?

THAT YOUR PARTNER HERE IS A NUT. AH. AHA. AHA.

WHAT ABOUT IT?

YOU ADMIT IT?

THAT YOU’RE SOME KIND OF A NUT? YEAH, I SAID IT. SO WHAT?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH A GUY THAT THINKS YOU’RE A NUT?

AH, EXCUSE ME, FELLAS. I THINK I GOT A PHONE CALL.

Loudspeaker: TEN-FOUR, ENGINE 41.

YOU’RE A NUT.

BUT YOU’RE A FRIENDLY KIND OF NUT.

OH, THAT’S A HECK OF A THING TO SAY ABOUT

SOMEBODY YOU WORK EVERY SHIFT WITH.

IS THIS WHAT’S BEEN GRINDING ON YOU ALL DAY? YES, YOU BET IT IS.

SO, WHEN DID YOU GET SO SENSITIVE?

WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT MY BEST BUDDY THINKS OF ME.

YOU’RE REALLY SERIOUS? YES. YES, I AM.

I’M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE.

Loudspeaker: SQUAD 31, NO ANSWER ON THE CALLBACK NUMBER.

YEAH.

BUT YOU STILL THINK I’M SOME KIND OF A NUT, DON’T YOU?

Loudspeaker: ENGINE 236, RETURN TO QUARTERS.

I THINK I’LL TAKE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT.

( alarm going off )

Loudspeaker: SQUAD 51, SQUAD 110.

SIERRA MADRE POLICE REPORT AN AIRCRAFT DOWN.

BALD MOUNTAIN AREA. MEET COPTER 14

AT STATION 93. STATION 93. TIME OUT 14:10.

SQUAD 51, TEN-FOUR. KMG 365.

( siren wailing )

( siren wailing )

JAY BENSON, SIERRA MADRE SEARCH AND RESCUE.

JOHN GAGE. ROY DESOTO.

LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER. YEAH, WE’RE GLAD

TO HAVE YOU. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT

THE BALD MOUNTAIN AREA? THAT’S A REAL GRABBER.

WE TOOK SOME CAMPERS OUT OF THERE LAST SUMMER.

( siren wailing, then stopping )

WHAT DO WE KNOW BESIDES AIRCRAFT DOWN?

THAT’S ALL WE KNOW, SO FAR.

COME ON, KIRK!

OKAY, LET’S GO.

CAN YOU GIVE US A RUN DOWN?

LAST RADIO CONTACT WITH THE PLANE WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.

THEY WERE IN THE BALD MOUNTAIN AREA AND RUNNING LOW ON FUEL.

Man: HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE PLANE? AS I UNDERSTAND,

THREE: A MAN, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR CHILD.

Radio: COPTER 14, L.A. PATROL PLANE REPORTS SIGHTING

OF AIRCRAFT ON OVERTON RIDGE. TWO MILES DUE EAST

OF WILLOW CREEK.

COPTER 14.

GOT ’EM!

THEY’RE RIGHT IN THE TOP OF THOSE TREES.

NO WAY I CAN PUT YOU DOWN THERE,

IF WE DON’T WANT THIS COPTER TO BLOW THAT PLANE

RIGHT OUT OF ITS NEST.

Man: WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

WELL, I CAN PUT YOU ON A FIRE BREAK ABOUT

TWO MILES EAST, AND YOU’LL HAVE TO HOOF IT IN.

GOOD ENOUGH.

THERE’S A TRAIL OVER IN THE OTHER END.

YOU’LL TAKE YOURSELF ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF.

WELL, IT LOOKS CLEAN, I HOPE WE’RE NEEDED.

WELL, LET’S GET TO IT.

( indistinct conversation )

THIS IS WHERE WE LEAVE THE TRAIL.

SHOULD BE RIGHT OVER THIS RIDGE.

CAN SEE THE AD NOW. JOIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

AND BECOME A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER.

QUIT COMPLAINING. THINK OF THE BIG MONEY YOU’RE MAKING.

( chuckles ) OH, THAT’S CUTE.

YEAH, THAT WAS CUTE. ( groaning )

Gage: HELLO? CAN ANYBODY HEAR US UP THERE?

Woman: THANK GOD. I THOUGHT WE’D NEVER BE FOUND.

ANY SUGGESTIONS? WELL, THAT PLANE

DOESN’T LOOK TOO SOLID UP THERE. RIGHT.

WHAT WE’LL DO IS, WE’LL SEND YOUR MEN UP THAT TREE

AND MY MEN UP THIS TREE. WE’LL STRING LINES ACROSS,

AND UNDERNEATH THE PLANE, FORMING A CRADLE.

LARRY, JEAN, BOB: LET’S HOP TO IT.

HERE, KIRK. YOU WANT TO HOOK THOSE LINES TOGETHER?

( grunting )

( grunting )

Gage: HEAD’S UP!

( woman cries out )

IT’S ALL RIGHT. THERE’S PLENTY OF PEOPLE HERE

TO HELP YOU. ( woman crying )

Gage: NOW, JUST TAKE IT EASY.

ARE YOU IN ANY PAIN? MY LEG. I THINK IT’S BROKEN.

BUT, HELP MY BOY AND MY HUSBAND. I DON’T KNOW

HOW BADLY THEY’RE INJURED.

ALL RIGHT.

SEND UP MY BELT!

( crying )

HEADS!

SEND UP THE REST OF THE EQUIPMENT!

HEADS!

OKAY, TIE IT OFF AT THE BASE OF THE TREE OVER THERE.

( tool box clattering )

( plane clatters )

Man: WATCH IT!

MOMMY, WE’RE FALLING AGAIN, MOM.

NOW TAKE IT EASY, SON, YOU’RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO TRY NOT TO MOVE AROUND SO MUCH.

MY DAD SAID WE RAN OUT OF GAS.

( plane creaking )

AS SOON AS I GET THAT OTHER ROPED SECURED,

THIS PLANE OUGHT TO BE LESS FREAKY.

LET’S HOPE SO. THESE PEOPLE AREN’T

EXACTLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUT OF HERE BY THEMSELVES.

WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO RIG A DIAGONAL LINE

TO SLIDE THESE STRETCHERS DOWN.

THAT SOUNDS TRICKY. WELL, I’M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.

OKAY. I’LL SET IT UP WITH BENSON’S MEN. OKAY.

RAMPART BASE, THIS IS RESCUE 51.

Radio: GO AHEAD, 51.

RAMPART, WE HAVE THREE VICTIMS OF AN AIRPLANE CRASH.

THE INJURIES ARE AS FOLLOWS. NUMBER ONE,

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH A POSSIBLE BROKEN ARM

AND LACERATIONS AROUND THE FOREHEAD.

Gage: NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE A FORTY-YEAR-OLD UNCONSCIOUS MALE

WITH A POSSIBLE CONCUSSION. NUMBER THREE,

A WOMAN WITH A FRACTURED LEG.

ALL RIGHT, SEND UP THE FIRST STOKES.

OKAY, TAKE IT AWAY.

THE LINE’S SNARLED.

ALL RIGHT, I’LL GET IT. HOLD.

WHOA!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

HOW THE HECK DID YOU DO THAT?

WAIT TILL I GET ON THE GROUND, I’LL GIVE YOU

A FULL-PAGE STORY.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE HIM FOR A PARTNER?

( laughing )

ALL RIGHT. SEND UP THE OTHER STRETCHER.

( helicopter radio buzzing )

Radio: ENGINE 163, SQUAD 39. WOMAN DOWN.

1253 CASTOLON DRIVE.

HAVE TO TAKE IT, MOOREHEAD. PASS UP.

Man: OH!

YOU HAVE A FINE CREW, JAY.

AH, YOU PARAMEDICS DO A FAIR JOB YOURSELVES. THANKS.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME AROUND. YEAH, TAKE CARE.

I’M TAKING NO MORE CHANCES.

( laughs ) YOU KNOW, YOU DID A FINE JOB DOWN THERE.

THANK YOU. HEY, YOU’RE NOT MAD AT ME ANYMORE.

MAD AT YA? WHAT FOR?