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Did you get what I wanted?

I told you trying to get in the lab on a Saturday morning is next to impossible.

Which is why I spent the night there.

A is for antigen and B is for bacteria. Just to make sure there was no

confusion. How clever of you.

I don't know how you can do that.

I wouldn't have to if you had the stomach to give it to me.

I'd kill for you.

I'd even die for you.

Just don't ask me to give you an injection.

You have to have this, you know.

Hard to believe a medical grad student afraid of a little needle.

Well, I've been that way since I was a kid.

Go ahead and get it over with.

Besides, that's the former researcher anyway.

I mean, I can't go back to university now.

Not after this. I mean, my career's finished.

You know, I'm going to need a bigger cut from this operation, you know.

Just to make it worth my while.

You don't have a problem with that, do you?

Oh, no.

I'll make sure you get what you deserve.

There, that wasn't so bad, was it?

Things a little.

Come here.

I'll make you feel better.

So we're really going to go through with this? Of course we are.

Tell me, did you mean what you said?

That you'd kill for me, die for me?

Right now, baby, I would do anything for you.

I'm so happy to hear that.

What a marvelous morning.

I thought you gave up roller skating to work a long time ago. Well, I did, but I

was poking around the garage looking for my old tap shoes, and I found these.

What if I could handle rollerblades?

Did you hear the news?

What? I won the Medical Examiner Society Scene Investigation Award.

The messy?

I know it may not mean much to anybody else, but in my profession, it's the

highest honor.

I always said you were the best there is. I'm glad somebody else recognizes

that. I thought you gave up on those.

Yeah, well, they're back in again.

I wonder if I can find my old skateboard.

Oh, you've got to get my back.

Ooh,

got a real rash going there.

You would, too, if you went surfing in sewer water.

Oh, yeah. Another spill at the mouth of Bologna Creek. I heard about it.

Yeah, so did I, after I'd been in the water for half an hour.

You'll live.

Well, that takes you out as the subject of Amanda's next award.

What award?

I won the messy.

Really? Mm -hmm. I always thought you were pretty neat.

Not messy, messy, the messy. The Medical Examiner Society Scene Investigation

Award. Oh, the messy.

Medical examiners get awards.

Only the good ones.

Hey, how about I take us all out to celebrate?

You know, Mark, your tab at Barbecue Bob's is getting kind of steep. I was

thinking of something a little more upscale. Curtis Creek Inn. I'll make the

reservations and I'll pay.

Okay. All right.

You don't think he's going to wear those in the restaurant, do you? I hope not.

Dr. Sloan.

Come on, it hasn't been so long, you forgot my first name, has it? Oh, it's

to see you, Mark. How have you been?

Well, no complaints.

Uh, Dr.

Jesse Travis, Dr. Amanda Bentley, this is Dr.

Irv Downey, who used to teach at the university until he struck out on his

Yes, he taught a course in microbial pathogenesis, I recall.

I audited your course one semester.

Dr. Downey is a renowned specialist in communicable diseases.

So, how are things in the private sector?

Still bleeding red ink, as usual.

Would you like to join us for lunch?

Okay, we have people back. Yeah, we can use a little room here. Rapid pulse,

high fever. His chest is crackling like the inside of a cereal box. Better call

911. Is there any place we can put him?

The hotel doctor's office is just up the lobby. This isn't exactly the

celebration I had in mind.

Dr.

Aronson only works for us part -time, but he's always on call.

That's all right. We'll handle this.

At least they're well -supplied.

All right, let's get him on a saline drip.

Shouldn't we try to locate his family? Yes, we should, and we should get him to

a hospital right away.

No ID, just a room key.

Let me have that. Can you give us the room number? Yeah, right away.

Room 101.

Who's it registered to?

Mr. Bander, Alex Bander.

The paramedics are on the way. We have a name for our patient, Alex Vander, in

101. All right, we'll confirm his ID. And I hope I send him to explain his

condition.

Hello?

We better start searching. Yeah, I'll look in the bathroom.

Lives in Mar Vista.

He's got a student ID card. Apparently he's a grad student at the university.

Oh, my God, Jesse, stay away.

Caution, infectious agent. Federal law prohibits unauthorized use or possession

of this biological material.

Contents Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3. Legionnaires, indeed.

I've never heard of a strain like that before.

Well, there are many different strains of Legionella.

Some are extremely virulent.

Some of them relatively benign. It doesn't look like one of the benign ones

me. Jesse, 10 cc's of erythromycin.

The ambulance.

We can't let anybody in here. Or let anybody out.

We've got to lock this hotel down. Where's Krupp?

He's at the front desk.

You can lock all these doors, can't you? Yes, but why would I want to do that?

We have guests coming and going night and day. Not anymore.

Amanda. I'll handle it. We have to put the hotel under quarantine.

What? Ma 'am, I'm sorry, you can't... You've heard of Legionnaire's disease?

Mr. Vander is dying of it right now.

Well, if word gets out of this, we're going to... It's going to get out of it.

We have to notify public health right away.

And we should lock those doors before the paramedics get here. It's just more

people to quarantine.

You've got to help me. It's my wife.

I think she's dying.

What? I'm Dr.

Downey. Take me to your wife.

Okay, let's lock it down.

Show me the door. Here, here.

Yeah, grab the door. I got that.

Gentlemen, false alarm.

What? I'm sorry.

N as in Nancy, 66063.

Nine or five.

All right, now I just got to wait for the database.

Look, call the Center for Disease Control. Talk to somebody at NCID. Tell

what we got here.

All right.

What else are you going to need?

Medical supplies, antibiotics, syringes, saline bags, portable oxygen,

antiseptic dressings. We might as well prepare for the worst.

Look, I'll just load up a full medevac helicopter and get it to you up there.

We'll land it on the roof. Good. Tell them not to bring the supplies in

themselves. We'll send somebody up after it.

All right. Here's Vander.

Huh. Not even a traffic ticket.

Not exactly the profile of a terrorist.

No. It's not.

Dad, were you exposed to the bacteria?

We have to assume we all were, Steve.

Wish me luck.

Right.

Roll away beds as many as you can get.

Blankets, sheets, towels, washcloths. Empty out the doctor's office. Bring all

the medical supplies in here. A hundred and four. And ice. Lots of ice.

Ice. Right. Got it.

Have you ever seen anything incubate this fast?

One, 1992 in Zaire.

Ebola.

You know what you think? A lucky shot of Dr. Downey's here. When it comes to the

treatment of infectious diseases, the best there is.

What do you think the odds are that you would happen to be here at the beginning

of an outbreak?

Well, what are the odds that any of us would be? Most likely we were.

Well, that disease would be walking out the door and into the streets.

Fever, coughing, ataxia. It's hitting her pretty hard. Okay, you're going to

fine. I've got a room for you over here.

How's Bander?

Unconscious, but stable.

The opposite of how I feel, conscious and a little lung stable.

Doctor? Yes.

Let's get this block cleared and cordoned off now. Let's go on the

Department of Health? That's right. Let's get those signs up now.

1182, this is Metro 1. Come in.

This is Lieutenant Sloan. Metro, what's up? There's a guy here who wants to talk

to you. Just come run him in.

I'm kind of tied up right now, Metro.

His name is Beathers, Jim Beathers. He says he's Alex Benders, professor at the

university.

I'm on my way.

That's great. Thanks.

Thanks. We can use more blankets.

Excuse me. It's my stoop, thanks.

Are you in charge here?

Um, I guess so, just as much as anybody else.

I was told I couldn't leave.

Yeah, that's right. In fact, you should probably go back to your room. That is,

if you're feeling all right.

I'd feel better if I could get out of here.

I think we all would, but we're just going to have to be patient, okay?

But it's really important.

I'm a model, and I have photo shoots.

Yeah, it's just going to have to wait.

Completely sealed off.

Nobody can get in or out.

I guess we're stuck.

They'll be fine.

The

order

for the quarantine comes directly from the Department of Health.

But just because we're all quarantined in here does not mean we're all going to

get sick. We've had a small outbreak of Legionnaire's disease, which we will

contain. We have experts from the CDC flying in.

All right, I'm no happier about being stuck here than the rest of you are, but

we have seven confirmed cases so far.

I don't want to be number eight.

They can't keep us here. That's right. They can't keep us from leaving. Please

stay calm. Let's get out of here!

We're not going to let you out that door.

People, please, go back. There's nothing we can do for you out here. We can't

help you. The doctors in there can't.

Please, back up. This is a quarantine.

Everything's going according to plan.

What about Dr. Sloan? He wasn't part of the plan.

No, but he's cooperating.

He won't be a problem.

Yeah? What about Vander? He didn't tell me he was going to get sick.

I bet you didn't tell him that either.

It was an accident.

A horrible accident.

But don't worry.

There won't be any more mistakes.

And we'll be together in the Caribbean, or the South of France, or wherever we

want to be.

Well, that won't happen if I don't continue this law.

Then get busy.

I want no foot traffic at all. Keep those people back.

Where do you guys get off?

when your goon over there came in and dragged me out. Please accept my

apologies. We just didn't have time for the usual pleasantries.

Right.

Like you ever have time for the usual pleasantries. I don't even get those

you're writing me a parking picket. I need to talk to you about Alex Vander.

Great.

Not only do you drag me out of class, but you drag me out of class to talk

my least favorite human being on Earth.

Your former boyfriend, from what I've been told.

What of it?

See that hotel over there?

Dozens of people are sick and dying because of a germ your ex -boyfriend let

loose.

You and I are going to find a nice, quiet place to talk, and you're going to

fill me in on every single detail of his life.

How's he doing?

Actually, he's starting to stabilize a little bit. If we could just bring down

this fever, we might be able to get him to talk.

He's supposed to be treating those poor infected people.

Unfortunately, I've got lots of help.

Sloan? He's been looking over my shoulder every minute. And he and his

worker bees have managed to keep Bander alive.

What if he talks?

That would be a problem.

That would be the end. Make sure it doesn't happen.

I don't know about your timing.

My timing is perfect.

Save the seduction act for Krupp.

Help me figure out what we're going to do about Bander.

You want me to kill him with another injection of bacteria?

Don't tell me you're afraid of getting your hands dirty.

After all, we have infected an entire hotel full of people.

Our little triage area is getting overcrowded anyway.

We need the bed space.

That we do.

Ariel.

What is it?

Have you broken through?

You wish.

I'll be right there.

Do we have any rimpantin? We've got everything.

They emptied half the pharmacy at Community General. Why? Oh, Aretha

isn't going to do it alone. We need to augment.

Well, we have to do something. Let's try it.

What's the problem?

I've got a list of problems. This is it.

You said we only had to cut through an inch. I passed an inch 20 minutes ago.

So maybe I was a little off.

Yeah, but that little bit's going to cost us another hour.

Let's face it, this is a disaster.

So it's going to take another hour.

No big deal. No one's going anywhere.

Everything's going wrong. First Sloan, then this. But we should just shut down

and cut our losses. The plan didn't work.

How can we give up now when we're just this close to millions and millions of

dollars? Are you sure?

I mean, it could be three inches. Maybe four.

Maybe the security system is better than you thought. Maybe the money isn't even

there.

Calm down.

Go upstairs and make an appearance.

I'll take care of this.

Go.

Be strong for me.

Don't worry.

We're going to try another medication.

That should clear things up nicely.

Dad, it's me.

Steve, any news?

The CDC special flight is in the air with an antigen. Thank God.

Maybe five hours before it gets here.

I don't think some of these people have five hours, Steve.

How are you, Jesse and Amanda, doing?

Well, that depends.

What have you found out?

Art Bander is a grad student working on new antigens for antibiotic -resistant

strains of Legionella.

Six weeks ago, he walks into a cafeteria and a beautiful woman hits on him.

Finds him and his work extremely interesting.

She chose him because of his access to the bacteria, and then she seduced him.

Yeah, big time.

He dumps his girlfriend, stops seeing his friends, starts coming in late, or

at all, the classes.

By all accounts, he becomes totally obsessed with her.

Anyone know who she is?

A succubus, according to Vander's ex. She disappeared as fast as she appeared.

The only thing anybody remembers about her is that she was a jaw -dropping

beauty.

This all sounds very calculated and professional to me.

Yeah, I know.

A terrorist, maybe.

No, I don't think so. Somebody would have taken credit or made demands by

No, it's something else. I just wish I knew what it was.

So do I.

Look, I'll be in touch, Dad.

Thanks, Steve.

Mr. Krupp.

Hello, Doctor.

How we doing?

Just trying to hold out until the CDC team gets here.

What's the matter there?

It's just an itch. Just an itch. There's no such thing.

I mean, not a ground zero of an epidemic outbreak.

You know, I had a rash this morning. It was just like that. I got it from

surfing. Oh, really? I was down at the beach myself before work. You know, I'd

like Dr. Sloan to take a look at that.

That won't be necessary.

You know that I can't accept that.

You been in the water?

I swim every morning.

Well, the good news is it had nothing to do with Legionella.

Doesn't make me want to start surfing anytime soon.

Jesse, how's your rash? It's pretty much gone.

You know, it's funny.

Yours took so long to break out and you were both exposed about the same time.

You're the doctor.

Well, we'll give you some cortisone cream for it.

Great. Mark, Jesse!

He's dead.

no this shouldn't have happened so quickly i want to know exactly what

him

Bye.

Hi. What?

I realize this isn't the optimum spot for an autopsy, but I found some

intriguing information. Take a look at the slide.

I've never seen a concentration of bacteria like that. There's more

in its system than can be accounted for by a simple cell reproduction.

How do you think it got there?

Take a look.

These are puncture wounds, injection sites.

Now, this one hadn't completed.

clotting, but I believe this is where he received his rampant shot.

This is where I administered the erythromycin earlier.

And here, this is the oldest mark.

It seems as though he shot himself up with Legionella and he broke the vial

infected the whole hotel.

He couldn't have given himself that shot. It was clear on the back of his

But Vanda was murdered.

I just don't feel well, Mark.

This dame was hoarding more jewels

than Princess Margaret.

Just get what we came here for. The cash and the jewels. Okay, boss.

Now, why would someone have this in a safe deposit box?

Take it. Why?

Maybe it's kinky. Could be fun.

I'd rather do it than watch it.

What's on this tape is probably very embarrassing.

You never know when we might need to augment our cash flow. Judging by our

today, it's not going to be any time soon, but it never hurts to plan ahead.

Does all of this excite you?

Yes.

Is it the danger?

Or the wealth?

Or is it me?

It's you.

There's plenty of time for that later.

They're going to start to miss your stairs.

They're so busy with the epidemic, I doubt they even notice I'm gone.

But if they do, we're in trouble.

Go. I'll finish up here.

You found me because you needed someone with the knowledge of infectious

diseases.

That's changed, hasn't it?

I need you now.

Because I need you.

You know, Mark, I hate going from the physician ranks to being one of the

patients. I hate it, too. Physicians have been badly outnumbered since this

outbreak occurred.

What was a graduate student doing in a $350 -a -night suite with a stolen vial

of Legionella?

Maybe he was going to sell it to somebody. Maybe he was a terrorist. I

know.

The main priority right now is to get this disease whipped.

It's a good thing Dr.

Downey was here.

Maybe too good a thing.

What bothers me is that an expert on the infectious diseases just happened to be

on hand when this outbreak occurred.

Mark, maybe we were just lucky, although I sure don't feel lucky right now.

Is that cold enough?

Yes, that feels wonderful, Jesse. Thank you.

You know, with all the advances in medicine, this feels like it's helping

more than all the shots you gave me.

Just let me know if there's anything else I can get you.

Doctors, I'm not the only patient here. Why don't you help some of the other

people? Go on.

How are you doing?

I'm fine.

You're flushed. I'm fine, really.

Thanks.

Could somebody please bring me some more towels?

Yes, doctor, right away.

Very, very amazing.

How's that?

Well, the energy you've got.

I'll tell you the truth, I'm feeling a little sapped. So is Jesse.

Poor Amanda.

She'll be all right.

They all will.

The CDC will be here in a few hours. I'd be happy to see them get these people

on their feet and then get to the bottom of this thing.

Get to the bottom of what?

The murder.

Murder? Yes.

Well, Mark, I think it's pretty obvious what happened.

Alex Vander stole some...

Bacteria cost him his life. I'm not sure he even intended to murder anyone.

Oh, maybe not, but somebody intended to murder him.

He was deliberately infected.

Isn't that strange? The man who's working with the vaccine brings the

and not the cure?

What makes you think he was intentionally infected?

The autopsy.

Autopsy? Yes, I had a man to perform one.

Oh, didn't I mention she's an L .A. County medical examiner?

Lucky for us that she was here. Yes. Just one amazing piece of good fortune

after another, isn't it?

Are you all right?

You know better than to sneak up on me like that.

I wasn't sneaking.

Where's Krupp?

Still back at the hotel.

We have to leave. We have to stay.

The vault is empty.

There's nothing keeping us here.

Except Mark Sloan. What now?

We had a great plan.

A flawless plan.

Get the hotel quarantined, slip into the bank vault, make off with the loot.

And it's working.

I think we didn't figure out it was the worst possible luck in the world.

A doctor with a homicide detective for a son coming to lunch with an L .A.

County medical examiner.

Who knew she was going to do autopsies in the kitchen?

I wonder what the hell she used, a paring knife and a soup ladle?

So what?

They know Vander was murdered.

But they don't know about the bank, and they won't find out about it until

Monday. It doesn't matter.

Sloan's in the hotel. He knows who's sick. He's been working side by side

me. If we're not there when the CDC comes in, alert the police, the FBI,

Interpol, you name it. So we make a run for it.

We've got enough money to disappear for a very long time. Don't you see?

They'll use words like biological agent.

Not to give a hoot about the bank vault.

They'll say we were terrorists.

They'll say we tried to kill an entire hotel full of people. Our photographs

will be all over the place.

What do we do?

We go back to the hotel. We wait for the CDC to come in. We get our shots, like

everybody else.

And then we walk out with the rest of the get.

We can come back and still be out of the country 24 hours before they find out

about the robbery.

Ariel, we have no choice.

I wish to God we did.

All right.

Let's get back to the hotel then.

Would you like another towel? I'll be right with you.

That's the second one we've lost in the last hour.

Where is that antigen?

How's Amanda?

She's not getting any better.

You're not looking so much better yourself.

It's just a matter of time before we all get sick. The CDC doesn't get here

soon.

Herb? Nothing.

I twisted it coming down the stairs. This young lady was kind enough to help

I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.

I'm Ariel.

I'm Dr. Downey. This is Dr.

Sloan, Dr.

Travis. We've already met.

How do you do?

Hop up and let me have a look at it. No, no, Mark, it's just a sprain.

We've got more important matters to attend to.

Oh, I don't think I'm going to get my shoe back on that.

You're sure not. That ankle is really swollen.

I don't want you wearing any hard shoes.

Jesse, why don't you check Ariel out for any signs of Legionella?

But I'm fine.

It's just a precaution we do with everybody.

It'll take less than a minute.

I better get some ice for that. Look, I have too much to do. I can't just...

You're not going to be any help if you're in too much pain to work. Now you

that. We'll try some ice on her for about ten minutes to see how you feel.

I can scare up an air cast for you.

Sloan.

Oh, great. That's the best news we've had. Thanks.

CDC's here on the Waif -Mali action. Fifteen minutes.

Get some ice for that.

Perfect.

How's it going?

We should be patching this up on the other side. We should be on the way to

van right now. No, Downey's right.

We wouldn't even make it ten miles.

Look, we didn't plan this thing for three months to have a guy like Sloan

in here and screw this up.

Forget about Sloan.

Pretty soon it'll be just you and me.

And Irv Downey.

I saw your lipstick on his collar. I smelled your perfume all over him.

breaking my heart, Ariel.

Don't be so possessive.

Finish up here and let's go.

Dr. Amanda Bentley.

Amanda, these are the doctors from the CDC.

They're going to give you a shot.

Hey.

How's Amanda?

She's responding to the antigen. I am, too.

You know, as quickly as this thing incubated, it dies.

There's one thing it would get me thankful for. I'm just glad it's over.

Over?

Jesse has hardly even begun.

Sounds clear.

Good. Can I check out now?

You just checked in. I want you here overnight.

You usually ask me that when you want me to run a toxic panel on a murder victim

or a DNA match on a suspect.

Or check out a suspicious piece of clothing.

Exactly. Well, Jesse's taking care of that as we speak. You need to rest.

Steve. Hey, don't look at me. There's nothing I can do to help you.

Congratulations, Doctor.

You're going to be fine. Everyone is.

We've done all the blood analysis and the infection is in complete retreat.

There were 24 acute cases, and they're being kept here for overnight

observation. But everyone else is there to go home.

Well, it's good you were there. We couldn't have done it without you.

Let's do lunch sometime, okay? You know where to find me.

Have you met my son Steve?

No, not that I recall.

Did I mention he's with the LAPD?

Really?

It's a pleasure to meet you.

So long.

Should we go down to the path lab and see what Jesse's doing? Yeah.

I hate when anyone is in my path lab fiddling with my equipment.

We'll see that he puts everything back nice and neat.

This is the first time I've been asked to run a stat analysis on a sock.

Did you find what the stain was?

Pyrocantha berries.

How did he get pyrocantha berries on his sock?

I don't know.

Is there an old stain?

No, still moist when I looked at the ankle.

Why are you scratching your hands?

Because it itches.

I see that.

You got a rash.

It's hardly noticeable.

But it's a rash, all right.

How long ago did you notice the itching?

I don't know, like a half an hour ago.

Maybe I'm allergic to pyracanthabaries.

No, I doubt that. It's got to be something else.

Dad, where are you going with this?

How many pyracanthabushes did you see around that hotel?

Is this a trick question?

You're supposed to answer none.

None. That's how many I saw.

Yeah, maybe not in the hotel, but the side street bordering the hotel is named

Mockingbird Lane. That's right. It's famous.

For its birds?

Well, also for the pyracantha bushes that attract the birds.

Bushes full of berries.

But if the hotel was locked down all day, how did Downey get to Mockingbird

Lane?

Jesse,

that's the same rice you had on your back this morning from sewage.

I bet if you check that sock, you're going to find some sewage in it.

I think Donnie went out through the sewer.

But why?

Steve, can you get me a map of the sewer system for this area?

Good.

She isn't here yet.

Oh, good.

It'll give me a chance to tell you how things are going to go.

We're going to fly down to the Caymans, we're going to divide up the money, and

then you're going to go away and leave me and Ariel alone.

Why's that?

Because it's me she loves. She told me so.

That's ridiculous. What could you possibly give her? About $20 million.

Well, that only gives you an edge, my friend.

Look, she's shared things with me, things from the heart, things that she's

never shared with anyone else.

What can I say?

You've got me beat.

I'll bow out like a gentleman right after I get my money.

All right.

Now take your share and go.

Checkout time, Mr. Krupp.

Hope you enjoyed your stay.

We'll dump the body in the canyon.

I should have killed you and left when I had the chance.

How did you know what was happening?

How did you know where to find us?

Let's just say we had a rash of clues.

Steve, it's been a whole week, and I still can't believe I won the Medical

Examiner's Society Scene Investigation Award.

How about getting nominated for another one on the same day?

Kind of makes getting infected with Legionella worthwhile.

You wouldn't have performed the messy nominated autopsy in the kitchen

otherwise.

It's not this kitchen. It's another kitchen.

You've got to stop talking shopping here.

Hi, sorry I'm late.

Is that the messy?

Well,

it's messy now.

Oh, my Lord.