All language subtitles for simon_simon_s03e19_under_the_knife

Malpractice cases are always the same.
It's sleazy doctors, sleazy patients.

You draw the line at peeping into other
people's bedrooms.

Tonight on Simon and Simon.

Oh, my.

She has got a great body. This is not
going to be easy. You're a malingering

fraud, and you're no more crippled than
I am.

Fire! Oh, wait! Save yourself!

The gas fireplace, Tom. Every man for
himself!

Raise your right hand!

We're dead, ladies.

Probable cranial edema and hemorrhage.
Get me all type B positive and supply.

I'm sorry, Dr. Stephanie. I'm in
training. I don't belong here. Who's

supervisor? I know who she is. All
right.

You report to Nurse Erin. You tell her
that I'm taking Dr. Tyler's patient into

emergency surgery. Then you contact this
girl's parents and you get them down

here. You tell them their daughter is
critical. Be frank, but don't shake them

up. Now go, go, go.

Look at the size of that clot.

Damn, how could he let it go this long?

There's a cardiology resident in here.

Heart needle.

One milligram adrenaline, 50 milligrams
sodium bicarbonate.

Paddles. Let's go.

Clear.

Needle.

Crack her chest.

We're not waiting. This girl is dying.
Let's go. Let's go.

Visiting hours will be ending in 15
minutes.

All visitors, please leave the hospital
at this time.

This is Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Doctor.

This is Dr.

Stepney. Dr. Bates.

Mrs. Bates.

Your daughter has had a...

A very tough couple of hours.

Her heart failed once, but she's stable.
She's stable now, and I'm confident

that she's going to be fine.

I'm sure you want to see her, and she's
in recovery right down the hall.

Thanks. It's a back room.

How long is this going to take?

Well, it depends on your decision.

It's the same.

Richard's still sticking to his story.

Hello, Mrs. Addison.

How are you? Up and around, I see.

We've got something to talk about. Uh,
Kyle, which is... We called your office.

We called your club.

You really should check in sometime, Dr.
Tyler.

It's Thursday, Kyle. I was meeting with
the Board of Governors.

I haven't got time right now. Well, you
better make the time.

Hadn't you better worry about your own
problems?

I'd say a six million dollar malpractice
suit ought to give you some pause for

thought.

Sweet.

You're a malingering fraud, and you're
no more crippled than I am. And I'm not

playing your game, boy.

You want to sue me? Fine!

Sue me! I'll see you in court where
you'll have the chance to prove it.

All right, I'm on. There's a slight
break to the left, so just, you know, be

ready for it.

It breaks to the left, but it's not
slight.

Major. All right, now look, Mom. It'll
take you nine strokes to get here, so

nail that thing, okay?

Flight break.

Major break.

Flight... The reason I'm down in nine is
because you boys keep yakking while I'm

trying to concentrate.

Would you both please be quiet?

When's the tournament?

Next Saturday.

It's a shame they don't have lights out
here. You know, if you practice day and

night, you might be able to... Would you
please?

Oh, I hope this goes in, because if it
does, I'll never let you forget it.

Leave my clubs. Hi, Pat.

Buster?

Hi, boys. Where have you been?

Trying to avoid this moment.

Hi, Pat.

And the answer is no.

We have sworn off medical malpractice.

Since when? Since the last time we
worked for you. Remember, we almost died

that one.

Fifteen hours under that woman's...

You guys have your standards? Yes.

You draw the line at peeping into other
people's bedrooms?

No, not actually. We don't.

Right, look, even the worst divorce case
doesn't make you sick. I mean, every

time we do malpractice, I come down with
something.

Oh, AJ, your imagination is working
overtime. I do.

Well, at least let Pat tell you what you
want.

Yeah, no one I trust as much when it
comes to busting fakes.

This is Dr.

Kyle Stepney. He won't settle out of
court, and they are asking six million.

Who's their lawyer?

Dorsey Pender.

Oh.

How's their case?

They botched a lumbar myelogram.

Is that dangerous?

Well, of course it is if it isn't done
properly.

It's a standard procedure for injecting
dye into the spinal canal. Nothing

special. The bottom line is Carl's
insurance company wants him to settle.

don't want him to fight it and risk a $6
million excess verdict.

And if he insists, they'll dump him.

Well, then why not settle? That's what
insurance is for.

I think it's shameful.

Remember I told you when you were four
years old and you had that terrible

tonsillitis? Yeah, but wait, Mom.

And they gave you penicillin, which
caused a severe allergic reaction? I

Mom. The doctors work day and night to
save your life.

And Kyle Stepney is that kind of a
doctor.

And those people want to take his money
away. Not only that, what's worse,

they're trying to ruin his reputation.

How can you let that happen?

from lieutenant detective to traffic
control in the space of a week. Will you

hold it down?

Too bad you didn't bring a bullhorn. You
could have blown my whole cover here.

That's cold.

It's not a cold.

It's these pepper trees.

What do you want?

A bunch of some antihistamines.

Right.

Look, I'll be back in the office about
four. See you then. Hey, look, when you

get back here, would you check and see
if there's a make -sheet on a guy named

Richard, Vic Richard?

Later. Don't hassle me now, okay? Hey,
pal, what are you doing?

Vic.

scum his rights and get him out of my
face.

Vic Richard, a .k .a. Richard Vic,
Robert Vinson, settled out of court.

In 1981, he was expelled from Arizona
Polytech for tampering while working

-time in the bursar's office.

Tampering with what? The bursar's wife.

That doesn't prove anything.

We better get him up out of the
wheelchair.

I don't envy you guys. Those miracle
cures are hard work.

Sounds like a job for Klazuski.

Who?

Dorky Pender is Richard's lawyer. Five
will get to ten. This is a scam.

Man's elevated ambulance. Are you
kidding?

Sound of a siren getting him up off his
deathbed. When he laid back down, he'd

be a whole lot richer.

Kazuski has such a great body.

How come you never mentioned her before?

Because she's got such a great body.

Ah, boy!

When you see this.

Has got a great... What did I lie?

That a girl, Sheila.

That a girl. Oh, oh.

Nice move.

Nice move.

Oh, come on, Sheila. You can take her.
You can take her. No, no, no, no.

Don't. Must be the physical therapist
Pat was talking about. Yeah,

Valkyrie herself, right?

What are you doing? No, no, no, Sheila,
Sheila, Sheila.

You could be really paralyzed.

What is that?

You know, this kind of reminds me of
that mob staging accidents out on the I

-15. Oh, come on. Never would have
nailed them if that guy hadn't crossed

center divider and caught a northbound
Peterbilt.

Oh, come on. Don't remind me. I can
still see the picture you took.

I was kind of proud of that one. One
honorable mention at the surveillance

contest.

It's far enough.

Far enough, far enough. Yes, far enough.

Did he... He was on his way... He was
gonna... Okay, Ava.

You get the beer.

Schnell.

Boy, this room's been real bad.

You're going to have to have a new
wheel.

How much is that going to cost?

I don't know.

I'll check.

Hey, look who's here.

Yeah, you're going to pay all. Oh,
Sheila, you know better than to drive on

flat tire. What was I supposed to do?
That bimbo threatened in German to break

both my arms. I didn't know you spoke
German. I don't. Then how do you know

she was talking about? By the look of
her eyes.

Hey, wait a minute.

Now how do we get the guy out of the
chair?

I don't know.

Stay seated.

Come, my leaps in.

Swell.

It was Carlos' favorite snake.

Maybe you can get it back.

AJ, the snake just got out rattled by
the Ryan Maiden over there.

One thing worse than a scared rattler is
an embarrassed rattler.

What a day.

Scrapbook of misguided memories.

Well, Eva clearly looks more poisonous
than the snake does.

You suppose a rattler loses its
confidence when it's been defanged?

Wouldn't you?

Well, I thought the agent power would do
the trick. No, look at this.

Didn't even jump when the hand grenade
went off.

Tell you, we've tried everything.

Lust, fear.

By now, we're going to freak out.
Nothing's brought this guy to his feet.

tell you, he's the best I've ever seen.
He's still a phony, though.

We're just going to have to wait him out
on the clock surveillance 24 hours a

day. That'll do it. Well, we'll keep
this up. We're going to get into the

Guinness Book of World Records for the
longest stakeout in history. Looking to?

Yeah. Why don't I go over there and talk
to them while you play Mr. Chimney? No.

I played Mr. Chimney the last time. It's
your turn.

Oh, come on, Rick. You're good at it.
No, forget it, AJ.

I'm going to go to the hospital. No,
come on. The reason you do it is it's

strong suit.

You've always enjoyed doing it. It's
what you're good at. Just remember, when

you pull the pin, keep your hand on the
spoon, because last time I used this

thing, I was brushing my teeth with
scouring powder for a week. Don't! Don't

that.

How you doing, Mr. Chimney?

No big deal to me. I've got an investor.

No, no, no. Come on in. Come on in. I've
never seen a chimney sweep.

Besides, it could be the highlight of
the day.

Okay.

Mr.

Simon.

I don't have either the time or the
inclination to discuss Dr. Stephanie or

other member of my staff with you.

I understand you guys are all members of
the same elite little club here.

Oh, I'm afraid I resent that.

As chief of surgery, I have assembled a
staff that is far from elite.

And if Dr.

Zana's here, especially when we have so
much to do.

Well, tell me, you think it's possible
that he did make a mistake during the

surgery?

If you're asking for my personal
opinion, I would say no. No, he's an

surgeon. But even excellent surgeons
make serious mistakes, so yes, it is

possible. But he'd know if he were
responsible.

Some men's egos are so big, they have
trouble saying no to them.

Excuse me.

Dr. Tyler, please report to
administration.

Calm down, Helen. There is nothing to
worry about.

It is routine for detectives to hang
around hospitals asking questions. It

means Stephanie's getting desperate.

Hold on.

Fire!

Fire! Oh, quick!

Save yourself!

Quick, before the house goes!

That's a gas fireplace, pal.

The gas is shut off.

You want to do Swami for me? I just got
myself prepped for night work a little

early. That's all.

I take it that means the mighty Mr.
Chimney has struck out. We will get him

tonight. Since we've got to have it back
by noon tomorrow, I don't think the

owner knows it's missing.

Oh, come on, Rick. I told you the last
time. I didn't want Carlos to... Hey, I

think it's awfully nice, Carlos,
considering what you did to his snake.

you mean what I did to his snake? It's
okay. I told him we'd use the scope to

find some baby water moccasins here in
the swamp tonight.

How are we doing?

Still nothing.

I'm not going to spend another night in
a swamp.

The wave of the hundred drove off.

Well,

what

are you here for today? Clean out the
drain?

Just thought we'd drop by and let you
know we've got some nice photographs of

you. Oh, yeah?

What am I doing?

Oh, not much. Just kind of... How much
you built the defendants for in those

other malpractice scams?

What those doctors did to me, they got
off easy.

Now get out of here.

How long are you going to stay in that
wheelchair?

I mean, it's going to be about a year
before your trial comes to court. Oh,

don't try a disappearing act. Wherever
you go, we're going to be there.

Scumballs better make tracks before I
call the cops. No, I don't think they're

going to be following where you're
going. My legs are paralyzed.

I can't even swim.

Good line.

Yeah? Mm -hmm.

No signs of thrashing around or
anything? No.

That's good.

Ah, air bubbles. That's a nice touch.

Air bubble?

Get you to the house, we'll dry you off,
and we'll talk about this, okay?

Right

to

the bottom.

Report.

Yes, we had Richards examined by a
second neurologist late yesterday, and

showed no nerve action between L3 and
S1. Oh, great. Oh, that's nice.

Which is impossible.

In order to cause that much paralysis,
you'd have to use a huge needle,

something larger than a 21.

A first -year med student wouldn't make
that kind of mistake.

Some other kind of mistake, then?

I didn't make a mistake.

He's faking. The man was drowning.

It's kind of a low -percentage way to
rip off an insurance company.

You do make mistakes, don't you? I mean,
you are human.

Life stops.

Do you understand me, mister? It stops.
right here in these hands with some

regularity. Now, that is very
humanizing.

Yeah, yeah, I make mistakes.

And then I suffer for it, and then I
learn. I learn to never, ever make that

mistake again.

Because the margin for error in
neurosurgery is zero.

Now, I have done hundreds, hundreds of
myograms. I did not screw up Vic

Richards' back, and I am not taking the
blame for it.

I've got to get to the hospital.

That is confidence talking, I hope.

arrogance? I've already told you I'm not
perfect, but I am a damn doctor.

in awe of your tenacity.

We're also off the case.

Oh.

Sorry.

Hey, wait a minute.

This is our office.

You leave.

I'm never going to court.

Are you listening?

It's good.

Two detectives nosing around. So I am
through. That's it. Okay, you're

For today.

No, no. I mean, it's over.

You're going to leave town. I don't care
what you do. Anything you have to to

call them off.

Nobody's going anywhere except you.

And that's back to your office.

We're in this game together.

And we're going to play it down to the
end.

And if I need another nerve block or
anything else to make sure that we win,

you're going to do it.

Okay.

I feel badly about leaving Pat hanging.

I'm feeling worse about almost drowning
a paraplegic.

Hi.

I couldn't sleep either.

And then suddenly I had this thought.

Spinal block.

And the effects would have lasted until
you guys threw him in the lake.

Okay. Now, assuming that you're right.

Pender couldn't have given him the
block, nor could Eva. I mean, it had to

another neurologist, right? Well, if
anyone knows where to buy a neurologist,

it's Dorsey Pender.

How do we prove that?

Well, try this on for size. What happens
to a man who marches to the beat of a

different drum?

He gets out of step.

He also irritates most of his fellow
marchers.

I'll bet Stepney has irritated most of
the surgical residents.

Could be.

It's a start.

And my back has been hurting me lately.

Think Stepney would admit me to the
hospital as his patient?

Yeah.

Oh. It hurts, huh? Yeah.

In here?

Yes.

Okay. Very good.

Very good.

Now, side to side.

That's okay.

Oh, it hurts a little.

Okay, on your back now.

Oh, okay.

Okay,

now I want you to keep your left leg
straight. I'm going to raise it up.

Okay.

How many neurosurgeons are there on
staff here?

Three. Dr. Tyler, the chief of staff,
Stepney, and Shigeta.

Does that hurt?

No. And if I wanted to get a second
opinion, who would you recommend?

Uh -oh.

Smart, huh?

Yeah. What were you saying?

Oh, if I wanted a second opinion, who
would you recommend?

Stephanie is the finest neurosurgeon
I've ever worked with. But if you want a

second opinion, Shigeta is very good.

And Tyler?

Sure.

Paula, give this young man a rubdown.

Okay.

I'll see you later.

Thank you.

Third. You have to memorize everything?

You know, medical history, present
diagnosis, prognosis and treatment,

group, serum group, diet, allergies,
consulting physicians.

Only that much.

Oh, A .J. Kramer.

Dr. Stephanie's patient.

Ah.

O negative.

Severe anaphylactic allergy to
penicillin.

That's me?

You know, it's interesting.

Dr. Tyler doesn't seem to have as many
patients.

Well, his practice has fallen off ever
since Dr. Stepney came on staff.

Attention, here comes Dr. Stepney.

AJ, I've got your x -rays. I'll see you
in your room in five minutes.

Yes, sir.

Well,

there's no indication of interdiscal
narrowing, no arthritic spurring, no

impairment.

I think what we're dealing with here, A
.J., is a lumbar strain.

We'll treat it symptomatically.

Rest, some stretching exercises, hot
packs.

I'll see you later. I've got to get to
surgery.

Excuse me. Dr.

Tyler looks on medicine as an avocation.

I understand his practice has suffered
since your arrival.

land speculation.

Excuse me. It's okay.

It's not my doctor.

Oh, it's all right.

Got off the wrong leg.

Excuse me.

Excuse me, Nurse Aaron.

Mr. Kramer in 314 didn't check out
today, did he?

No. Funny.

He's not in his room.

Has she found him yet?

She checked the other room. She's
downstairs now.

In your office?

What did he take?

The IRS files are missing.

So, they know your financial situation,
Shakey.

When they see Richard's name in the
files, they'll figure it all out. Now, I

have warned you, Pender.

I'll do what I have to to survive. You
are on your own.

Ah, Rick.

It's eleven... Eleven -forty.

I'm on my way home. I've got what we
need.

That's it. I'll see you later.

Where have you been?

Me?

Just out stretching my legs.

We've been looking everywhere for you.

Sorry, I didn't know. I'm going to check
out.

Did Dr. Stepney release you?

No, but I'm feeling a lot better.

Then you have to sign a release.

But if you'll wait right here, I'll get
the form for you, and you'll be out of

here in no time.

Okay. Thank you.

Um, I don't know what's taking them so
long, but I've... What is that?

Allergic to penicillin.

What room is my spinal cyst in?

Mr. Kaplan, 312.

I think we're going to have to perform
an emergency operation on Mr. Kaplan.

Please get the patient prepared. I
believe he's in room 314.

I will also want an IV with penicillin
for the OR.

You're going to give Mr.

Kramer penicillin?

Kaplan, the patient's name is Kaplan.

I didn't know something like this was
going to happen. Neither did I, but it

has, and we have to do what we have to
do.

I hope I can go through with it.

It isn't a question of money anymore,
Helen. It's your whole life on the line.

You've reached Simon & Simon
Investigations. At the beep, please

and number and any message that you
wish. Thank you.

Rick, uh, look, before you leave, I've
got to sign some forms.

Um, I don't know what... Go.

Good. Let's get the ID going.

I'd like the penicillin started. Stat.

Understand? Yes, doctor.

He wanted to leave. I think he checked
out.

You don't know my brother. He wouldn't
leave without that.

Where's the chart? It's not here. He
checked out.

Okay, where's Tyler? In O .R. O .R.

Sir, I'm sorry. No, this is not allowed
in O .R.

Call for charity.

The innervenous penicillin is ready, Dr.
Tyler.

Go ahead.

Start giving it to him.

Start it, Doctor.

It'll take a few minutes to get to him.

Let's speed things up, shall we?

I'd like to cut as soon as possible.

Mr. Kaplan has an infected cyst that is
putting excessive pressure on his spinal

cord. It shouldn't wait.

I'll make the incision now.

I'm sure in your line of work you know
what happens to a fellow when his neck

snaps. My brother better be okay. He's
okay.

He's okay, I'm telling you, he's okay.
Let's go check on him.

Something happens inside of a man like
Lloyd Tyler.

Nothing a surgeon can help, Kyle.

Not even the new chief of surgery.

Yeah, congratulations.

It's okay. I guess San Quentin will
welcome Dr. Tyler and his medical

whatever's left of them.

I, um, I want to thank you for all
you've done. I'm very grateful.

Excuse me.

You know, Doc, uh, it wouldn't hurt for
you to stop and smell the flowers every

once in a while.

Remember, it's good to be alive.

What flower?