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Previously on Third Watch.

Kim's been off. She needs help. I'm senior guy. She's going to ride with me

a while. That's it.

Custody? You want custody?

You tried to kill yourself.

It was an accident. If you think that justifies taking away my son, you're out

of your mind.

You should be taking it easy. The procedure's a week away. It's surgery,

And I'll take it easy afterward.

I'll see you tomorrow.

This one right here.

I don't know.

I had dreams, although hard to remember them now.

They were always vague at best.

Can't say I ever really did much of anything to make them happen, though.

So after high school and four years at City College in business administration,

I got a job selling stereos.

Two years of that, and I moved into office supplies, but I was bored.

Now, let's be honest. I was bored to death.

He even went to an Air Force recruiting center to see what it'd take to be a

pilot.

Turns out it'd take better eyesight.

So I'm walking down the street, and I see these medics pulling some poor old

lady out from under a bus.

They were yelling and covered in blood, and for some reason I thought it looked

like fun. Reminded me of when my grandmother was sick and these

her life.

And I'm thinking, I should check that out. And you know what?

It has been fun.

I got lucky.

I found something I was really good at, and lots of people never do.

So 16 years later, here I am still doing it. You start something, you're just

learning, and then before you know it, you've been there almost half your life.

It's who you are.

But that doesn't mean this is all I ever wanted to be.

It doesn't mean I still don't have dreams.

Where's company going?

Gas leak.

Day shift left the bus a mess again, huh?

Yep.

How's Kim doing?

Okay. Back up to speed.

The other one's back on the squad.

What's up with the lieutenant?

Look, she's driving me crazy. I think she's permanently premenstrual or

something. Hey, she just lost her father, okay?

Come on, Doc.

Kim's fine. You said it yourself.

No. Then can I at least ride with Kim? I mean, she may be a whack job, but at

least she's not a ball buster.

Hey.

Hey.

How you doing?

Fine.

Hey, Doc.

Beautiful day, huh?

Yeah.

See, the woman hates me.

Well, let me talk to Kim, see if she's cool with us riding together.

No.

Well, the only way your ex -husband can ensure, in the event of his death, that

you don't get custody of your son, would be for him to obtain full legal and

physical custody himself.

What about my accident?

He's going to try and sit there with a suicide attempt.

Well, he'd have to prove that you're an unfit parent.

A suicide attempt doesn't make you unfit. I didn't try to kill myself.

Okay.

Are you getting any psychiatric help? Seeing a shrink?

Getting any medications?

Anti -psychotics? Anti -depressants?

No. You been in AA, NA, any other program?

No.

How many pills you take?

What? The accident.

With the wine.

How many pills?

I'm not sure.

Your son in the apartment at the time?

Yeah.

So how often do you get drunk and take sedatives to unwind?

Once a month? Once a week?

Once a day? I'm not an alcoholic or an addict, if that's what you're implying.

Well, his attorney's going to be implying a hell of a lot more than that.

I'd rather defend a mother who attempted suicide than a pill head with a

drinking problem she won't admit.

Don't love him?

No.

Hey, how you doing?

Fine.

Everything, uh, everything working out with Carlos?

Guy's a moron.

Yeah. Yeah, he is definitely an acquired taste, but otherwise, doing okay?

Yeah. Thank you.

Company's calling in.

You're late.

I know. I'm sorry.

Yeah, well, you know, shift starts at 2 .30, not 10 after 3. I had an

appointment. It ran over. Yeah, well, what if we hadn't called?

Look, I said I'm sorry. Not now.

How you doing, Kim?

Walsh.

Get a Dr. Pepper, Jim.

Dr. Pepper?

Lou, what do you need? No, thanks.

Kim, hold up.

Doc, the mayor's office wants recommendations for best paramedic in

Some kind of contest. Each house is supposed to nominate somebody.

Is there money involved?

I'm not a city hall sponsor yet. Just a handshake from the mayor and a photo op.

It's a morale thing.

I guess.

You want me to hand out ballads or something to the shifts? Don't waste the

paper. Best paramedic in the city has got to be the old man.

Happy. Plops. Got to be you, Doc.

I think it's unanimous. You're a shoo -in, Gramps.

Start working on that acceptance speech.

Gramps. Adam 553.

Auto versus bicycle, 107. Kim, hold on, hold on.

107, 2 to 3, Adam 553.

I already cleaned the bus, signed out our drugs.

You giving it back?

Yeah. Changing the bus.

I'm 39.

What? That old man crapped it.

I'm only 39.

Well, they respect you. You got that authority thing going.

Just like the lieutenant.

Thompson's got to be in his 50s. Don't be so sensitive.

I don't hear anybody calling you granny.

That's because they know I kick their ass.

You got to show up for the shift on time.

Yeah. Sorry.

I don't want to have to tell you again.

You okay today?

Isn't it a little awful?

Yeah.

Kid didn't make it through on his bike before this SUV jumped the light doing

least 50.

Dragged him across the intersection.

The lights are green. Shut up. Green. Shut up.

Kid's name is Casey. This is his brother right here.

All right.

Get him flat.

Come on.

Casey?

Casey, can you hear me?

I'm sitting right behind.

Casey?

He's unresponsive.

Give me the blade.

Let's come out of his right ear.

Yeah.

He's barely breathing. A lot of blood in his mouth.

There's too much blood. I can't see what I'm doing.

Give me the 4x4s.

Wow, I should take a poll right away and show it to Joey. Next time he argues

with me about wearing his helmet.

Get the bulb suction.

Any bulb?

Yeah.

Got it. I need you to suck out as much as you can, as deep as you can. All

right.

Yeah, deep.

Wow, it just keeps coming. We should crike him. I know.

Yeah, that's back.

Yeah.

Okay, take it off.

All right, press his chest. What?

Compress his lungs.

What are you looking for?

Bubbles.

Okay, there. I'm in. I got it. Ah, good.

Nice going, Doc.

Nice.

Bosco, get the board in here, will you?

Done. Okay, get the seat collar.

Open fracture of the left femur. D -glove right down to the bone.

Deformity of the left arm. I'll start spinning his leg. No, no.

We can do that in the bus. We got to scoop and run.

His leg is all jammed up in that bike.

All right, well, let's pull it out.

Hey, yo, come here. I need an extra hand. Lisa, get your ass over here.

go. Come on. Get in there.

You have a bag, anyone?

No. Okay, listen.

You hold this right here. One, two, three, squeeze.

One, two, three, squeeze, okay?

One, two, three, squeeze.

One, two, three, squeeze. There, go.

There, let's pull him out, okay?

Get over here.

Over here.

Okay,

let's roll him.

Yo, it took a couple personal days to go down to Atlantic City with her husband,

so Christopher's sticking with the new kid.

Okay, here we go. I get it. One, two, three. Go.

Keep bagging him, man.

Got it?

Okay.

Hold on.

Keep bagging.

I got it.

You gonna make it? I got it.

They got HBO on here, babe.

I can't get this stupid thing tied.

Perfect storm zone. We never saw that one.

Will you turn that off, please?

George Clooney's in it.

Thought he was your guy.

Not with that scraggly beard.

Guess our HMO doesn't cover a view, huh?

Do you want any magazines or anything? I can run down to the gift shop. I want

it gone, Fred.

All of it.

It's a lump. They'll get it all.

What if it's not just a lump? But it will be.

What if it's not?

What if they get in there and it's more than that?

Or it's bigger? Or it's spread?

See, now, why do you even go there?

There?

There is here, Fred.

We're here now.

Where else is there to go?

I need some coffee.

Can I get you one?

No, thanks.

What do you feel like for lunch?

We've only been on for two hours.

Italian? I don't care.

Chinese?

Sure.

You like Thai?

We need to eat before you come to work.

Excuse me.

Did you see anyone on the ground? We got a call. Someone was unconscious.

There was a homeless guy laying down over there, but he got up a little while

ago.

Sam. Great.

Thank you.

Sam!

I thought he died last month.

Sam, let him do that.

Good. How are you?

Any pain back here? You smell him? He's got no pain anywhere, believe me.

How about here?

I'm good.

Good? All right. I'm going to sit you up, okay?

He's all right. Let's dump him over on that bench and go get something to eat.

Hit his head. We've got to take him in.

To the hospital?

I don't want to go to the hospital.

See? He doesn't want to go to the hospital. He's intoxicated and he hit

head. He could have a subdural.

There's no way of knowing if he's altered.

He's always altered. He's a drunk.

Sam, I'm going to stand up.

One, two, three.

There we go. I don't want to go. Yeah, I know, but you're going.

Let's go.

Oh. Come on, Sam.

What can we eat now?

Not an hour till lunch.

Stop me by your candy bar.

I don't want a candy bar.

Yeah, well.

to meet his wife and kids. Whose wife and kids?

Sam. They come looking for him every once in a while.

He's got kids?

Nice guy when he's sober.

Does little magic tricks.

Magic tricks?

No kidding.

Yeah, you know, with coins and handkerchiefs and stuff.

I've had dinner with him a couple of times.

Dinner? Yeah, when he's sober.

Brought him something to eat.

Adam 553, respiratory... Very distressed, 896 East 99, apartment 4,

896 East 99, apartment 4, David, R .D., and I'm 553.

Got two daughters and a wife.

Nice lady.

This can't seem to beat the drinking.

Doesn't seem like he's trying very hard.

Oh, thank God. It's my mother. She can't seem to catch her breath. I think it

hurts, but she'll never admit it. She's so damn stoic. She's been sick? Yeah,

she's had heart problems for years. What's your mother's name?

Estelle. Mommy, the paramedics are here. Hi, Estelle.

Mind if I call you Estelle?

Huh? Hey, I'm Monty.

You're Kim.

Having trouble breathing?

Oh,

any chest pain?

No. Oh, okay. All right. No.

I'll give you a little oxygen, okay?

There you go.

You have a history of heart problems?

Yes, she had a heart attack two years ago and another one last March.

All right, we have crackles two -thirds of the way up on both sides.

All right, have you had heart failure before?

Yes, she has.

Pulse 100 and regular pressure 170 over 90.

Okay, let's give her 40 mg of Lasix. The Lasix is going to help your breathing,

okay? I'm going to give you some nitroglycerin, too, okay? It's going to

your heart feel better. You've had that before, right?

All right.

Okay, I have to slip it right under your tongue.

There you go.

All right, you're going to start to feel better real soon.

Okay.

Okay, get her on the monitor and put in a second HEP lock.

CBC, Chem 7 tripping in, and TKMV.

Chest X -ray and EKG time 2Q, 20 minutes.

Put in a Foley. Give another 40 late fix and an inch of nitro paste. We can hold

off on the drip for now.

Okay, hon, we're going to move you over.

Hey, nice and easy.

There we go.

A little more.

Ma 'am, can you step out for a minute while they get her shadow? Sure, sure.

Romney, I'll be right outside, okay?

Excuse me?

From the ambulance. Isabel, can you pay for CCU, too?

Thank you.

She was so scared, and you were wonderful.

You're welcome.

They have some paperwork for you to sign at the desk.

Nice people.

Yeah, for a change.

That kid's still hanging in there.

What kid? The one you brought in earlier got hit by a car on his bicycle.

How the hell did you get him intubated?

His airway was a mess.

It was dark.

Good work.

Let's go.

Pam, I thought they came up dead for sure.

How long will the surgery take?

No more than an hour or two.

Unless you get in there and it's worse than you think, right?

I don't anticipate any complications.

Sign this.

What is it?

It's what we discussed.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

What we discussed?

It's the consent thread.

If they find it's bad, they'll take the whole breath.

Both, if you think it's necessary.

I'll come see you in the recovery room, tell you how it went.

It's my body. I want it out, all of it.

And if they do the whole thing, a double mastectomy, I'll deal with it.

They're not going to have to.

But if they do, I'll be okay.

Will you be okay?

You sure?

But they're not going to have to, you know.

You're going to be fine.

Why don't you want to enter this contest?

I don't know why everything's got to be a competition.

Why is everyone so worried about who's best all the time?

Best movie star, best quarterback, best baseball team of all time. Stupid.

Julia Roberts.

What about Julia Roberts?

She's the best movie star.

Said so on the cover of Time.

See, that's what I mean.

She's better than Meryl Streep? She was great in Erin Brockovich.

Yeah, so what?

It's all subjective.

The best paramedic?

What the hell is that supposed to mean? There are great paramedics all over the

city. You afraid you're going to lose?

It shouldn't be a contest.

Everything has happened.

You don't think you're a better paramedic than the rest of us? I think

beside the point.

Who's best at anything?

I mean, it changes depending on the day. Was Lincoln our best president or did

circumstances make him great?

Maybe Millard Fillmore was our best president, but he never had a civil war

prove it. We're so obsessed with being better than everyone else. It's a waste

of time.

Adam 553, headed down to the park.

106, entrance by the fountain.

106 by the fountain, Adam 553.

We had a president named Millard?

The guy's out walking his dog with his daughter and grabs his chest and falls

over. I saw a little girl there with a dog.

Pretty freaked out. Grieving?

It looked like it.

Listen, David.

Excuse me, honey. I heard the little girl screaming. Call 911.

How long have you been down?

Five minutes, maybe.

Is he going to be okay?

Everything we can.

Zoe, can you get that dog out of here?

Honey, what's your name?

Rachel. Rachel, can we take your dog up here? No, I want to stay.

No, I know, but they've got to help your dad. Let's give them some room.

You're making him better, honey.

Clear.

300.

Stop it.

Stop it. You're hurting my daddy.

Stop. All right, clear.

Stop it. You're hurting my daddy. Come on, Rachel. Come on.

What are they doing to him? You're just making him better. Clear. Clear.

Stop it. You're hurting my daddy.

I'm going to get a line.

No, no, one more, one more.

Well, Nathan, stop!

Clear.

Hey, Cicely.

All right, let's get him on the bus.

Come on, let's go.

David, give me a hand.

Get ready with me.

So, I'm going to take your dad to the hospital, okay?

He's better now?

Yeah. Listen, now, you got a number for the family? Yeah, the mother. She lives

nearby. Okay, the policemen are going to take you to your mom, and then they're

going to bring you both to the hospital, all right?

You'll take care of him.

Yeah.

Adam 553 -1063.

Hey, Doc.

You guys, come on, join us. There's plenty of room. Yeah, it's fine by me.

You like orange beef?

Have you been to ship?

Not particularly.

Hey, where's your new partner?

In the car. We're doing a 61 for the fourth time.

I don't know what the hell they teach them in the academy.

Doesn't Yoka do all your reports?

She likes it.

What do you want?

Mmm, two egg rolls, pan -fried chicken, uh, sweet and sour pork, and some sweet

and sour soup.

Oh, and add some Steampot stickers in there.

Wow.

What? I'm hungry.

I know.

Uh, you?

Uh, I'll just have some of hers.

And a Coke, very little ice.

You happen to park there?

Yeah.

You get the girl to a mother?

Yeah, nice place, too. Down the edge of the park.

Wood panels, elevators, maid.

All the money in the world. Guy's still stone cold dead.

Hey, hey.

Took an emergency vehicle parking lot out front.

You guys got room?

Oh, you guys are already eating, but we'll get another table. No, there's

David, let's move over.

Anyone using this?

Nope.

Here, Alex, I'm done. I can just get out. No, no, sit.

Sit. Come on. I'm done. You don't have to. Come on.

Hey, did you all hear Doc's big news?

Mayor's office is looking for the best paramedic in the city. Our house is

putting Doc up.

I'd vote for him.

When does this happen?

Doc is the best paramedic in the city. Just ask him.

Congratulations, Doc. They should give you a float to the Macy's Day Parade,

man. Maybe they'll make a big Doc balloon like Spider -Man.

Is this the report, Giesler?

Uh, are we sitting there?

Mm -hmm. No, you're not.

So, uh... Did you guys hear about this lady in Queens, Bozzie, yesterday?

Leave two kids in a car, both sunlight, two -year -old and infant, all the

windows up.

Goes into Clancy's bar, gets there.

Jimmy went to a lawyer and wants to change his will.

But if he dies, I won't get Joey.

Jordan's sick?

No, but after 9 -11, everybody's thinking about it, aren't you?

Yeah, sure.

Anyway, I had to go get my own lawyer.

What does your lawyer say?

It's going to be expensive.

Jimmy thinks I'm an unfit mother.

Because of my accident with a pill.

Thanks for disagreeing with him.

You really want to know what I think?

Not unless you think he's wrong.

Paramedics, someone call 911.

Five flights, but nobody's home.

Perfect. Dispatch, this is Adam 553. We're at the location. There's no

There's very loud music.

Did they leave a phone for a callback?

Roger that, 553. I'll try him out.

Bobby, turn that music down.

Don't be shy.

Turn it down, damn it.

We could always leave.

What are you doing to my damn music?

Yeah, they're right here. Why the hell didn't you knock?

We got a call about a sick baby?

Yeah.

You don't turn off my music. It's my damn apartment. I'll turn off whatever I

want to. You don't turn off my music. Oh, yeah, and I don't yell at you

do I? Excuse me.

What about the sick baby?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

My music.

She's so sick.

What's the matter with the baby, ma 'am?

She's so sick.

How old is the baby?

She's just little. She's so little.

Was the baby in the crib?

Where'd she go?

Oh, Doc, let's get out of here.

Where's my baby?

Play my music loud as I want.

How old is the baby, ma 'am? She's a pretty baby.

Doc,

I mean it now.

What if she really does have a baby?

Ma 'am?

Have you been drinking or taking drugs?

Where is my baby?

I hope to be... Sir? Where's my baby?

Sir, do you know where this baby is? She ain't got no baby. She's crazy.

You took my baby.

Oh, God.

Why would you do that? Hold on, ma 'am. We're paramedics.

Give me my baby back.

We're just trying to help.

We need police assistance now.

What the hell was that thing? A machete?

A butcher's cleaver, I think.

I don't think she's coming.

Well, no.

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Ah, great. A human speed bump. He won't get out of the road. I thought he was

hurt at first, so I called 911, but now he's singing.

Singing. Sam.

Well, that last trip to the ER was taxpayer money well spent.

Sam, what are you doing in the streets? You know this guy?

Oh, yeah, my partner and Sam are regular dinner companions.

Thank you for calling. We've got it from here.

Sam.

Fall down or lay down.

All right.

Back to the hospital?

You think he can walk, or should I go get the stretcher?

Come on. Let's get up.

Here we go. Who is that?

Sam? I thought he was dead.

Sammy, I heard you were dead. What happened?

He drunk?

Sam, let's get you up.

Here we go. One, two, three.

All right.

Make sure he pukes before he gets in your rig.

Come on.

Sam's a big puker, right?

Come on.

Waste of oxygen.

Glad somebody didn't hit him.

Did he get your shoes?

Yeah. You got another pair back at the house?

Yeah.

We'll swing by later.

We only have an hour in this shift. I'm fine.

I'm not thinking about you.

a bathtub, lit a bunch of candles, slit her wrists.

We have a patient in the back. Critical?

No. Call for another bus?

Yeah, but you're the first to respond.

Well, we're not responding. We're just driving by.

We'll take it.

We have a patient in the back.

We can let him sleep it off, okay?

She's in pretty bad shape. One of the candles set a box of tissues and a towel

on fire. She needs to smoke a lunch.

Lon wakes her little brother, so he calls us. Parents are out. The older

was supposed to be babysitting.

Her wrists are a real mess.

We've got pressure on the wrist. It's still bleeding. I don't think she's

breathing. Okay, give us some movement.

Got it? Got it.

All right.

Let's get in there.

He cut up along the vein.

Give me a towel or something.

She got a name?

Elizabeth. Elizabeth!

Elizabeth! Can you hear me?

No, Paul.

All right, let's start two lines wide open. She cut both wrists, so let's get

some pressure dressing.

I'm missing a tourniquet.

Hand me the BP cup.

You got it.

Lou, I have to be breathing.

Guys, get her legs up.

Higher. Higher. All the way. All the way.

Okay.

I'm in. Good. Squeeze in everything you got.

Off. Can you hand me the lead?

DK, keep her legs up. Jimmy, squeeze this bag as hard as you can.

Here we go.

Okay, DK, I'm going to need you to bag her.

Good.

So you can squeeze it faster.

This one's empty.

Give him yours and hang another.

God, she bled out.

Walsh, the kid.

Hey, come on, pal.

That's it.

That's it.

Hang another one. Let's go back to the bus. Don't run back to the bus.

We need more volume.

Kennedy, run to the bus. Get more saline.

Yeah. Not much of a pulse, but it's something.

I got it. I got it.

Listen to that blues.

Oh.

I'll be damned.

Told you he was pretty good.

Think we should get Sam away from that little boy?

He's a drunk, not a pedophile.

I thought she was dead.

Had it just been me, she would be.

You know what, Doc?

You probably are the best paramedic in the city.

He'll be back. It's late.

What time is it?

Almost 11.

Did they get all of it?

Dr. K said the margins were clear.

You're a terrible liar.

They took a couple of lymph nodes to test just to be safe, but he said what

found was encouraging.

Encouraging. That's his word, not mine.

Encouraging.

That sounds good.

Very good.

Got any plans?

Probably watch some college football.

Michigan's playing.

Yeah? You go to Michigan?

No, my dad did.

We always used to watch the games together.

Kind of carrying on a family tradition.

Today was his birthday.

He would have been 72.

Is that what you've been thinking about today?

What the hell am I doing with my life?

Single, no kids.

I'll be 40 in a couple of months.

I've been at this job so long, people call me Gramps.

I had dreams, you know.

This isn't all I ever wanted to be.

Yeah, what kind of dreams?

Oh, flack. combat jets for the Air Force, sail a boat around the world, you

know. I wanted to be a Broadway dancer.

Only thing is, oh, I can't dance.

I took a couple of lessons, but it's too damn hard.

When my dad died, that was it.

There's no one else left but me.

And when I go, that'll really be it.

Nobody else knows what I know.

About my dad, my mom, my family history.

My history.

Find someone, have some kids.

Tell them.

You still got plenty of time.

Your mom's gone too, huh?

Yeah.

I know I gotta tell you, I wish my mom weren't around. She's siding with Jimmy

on this custody thing.

That suicide in the bathtub?

I tried to kill myself.

Pills and the alcohol.

It wasn't an accident.

You knew that, right?

I guess everybody does.

Lawyer says I'm going to have to testify that I tried to kill myself if I want

to keep Joey.

Weird, huh?

I thought they'd take him away from me if I told the truth.

Turns out they might as well don't.

Anything you want to ask me about it?

You going to try it again?

You're not wasting your life, are you?

Adam 553, gated down, man on a bench, second between 98 and 99.

What time is it?

10 .56.

We're off in four minutes.

That means we're still on.

Second between 98 and 99, Adam 553.