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Somehow I doubt monkey smugglers are going to be packing a lot of heat. They

never underestimate the power of the enemy.

Never. I was on a case one, clapping the agency was under food and drugs.

Before 16 days, the agency was under the FDA. These senior citizens were

smuggling prescription drugs from Canada, right? By the truckload.

I pulled one over, not expecting a fight. Grandma's sitting there, packing

news. I kind of figured that they were under the CIA.

Of course, the kick from the Uzi knocked the old broad on her ass as soon as she

fired the weapon. Well, go ahead.

But the FDA... That's right.

Before that, it was the National Park Service. Before that, it was the

Department of Education.

Before... Hey, yo.

Chump time.

An English diplomat once said that the ends must justify the means.

These guys are smuggling monkeys illegally so that medical researchers

experiment on them legally.

Now, whether those ends justify those means, I'll leave to the activists.

You boys are late.

Let's just say that keeping this chimp from being experimented on justifies the

means. For me. You alone?

The deal was you'd be alone.

I'm alone.

Don't you look like I brought my whole family with me here?

Chocolatite.

Would you call me?

He can call you nothing.

That is the species classification.

Pantroglodyte.

That's right.

That's exactly right. Very good.

So where'd you get this Pantroglodyte?

Why? The researcher I work for says Cheetah here needs to have been born in

wild. He was.

We picked him up in Zambia.

Zambia?

How do I know that to be true?

You got reason to doubt us? I might.

I just know that African apes aren't allowed in the United States without

permanent quarantine. I'm guessing you guys have neither.

We've got the papers that got him on the boat at the Ivory Coast.

Let me see them.

Hey.

One pan travel a day.

That's very good.

Yes, sir.

This is just about right to put you boys away for a nice long time.

Huh?

I'm a federal agent in the United States Department of Fish and Game.

You boys are under arrest for illegal transport of a... So

we grab it like that, like they're going to get away.

How's it going?

Ah!

Hops.

Hops. Hops, come on.

There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible.

I thought it was only a story.

Until it happened to me.

Okay, so here's how it works. There's this stuff called Quicksilver that can

bend light.

Some scientists made it into a synthetic gland, and that's where I came in.

See, I was facing life in prison, and they were looking for a human

So, we made a deal.

They put the gland in my brain, I walk free.

The operation was a success, but that's where everything started to go wrong.

anything all the way here in the ambulance.

How long's he been in there?

A couple hours.

They're not telling me anything.

Well, a serendipitous city was brought here.

This hospital's home of the Daniel Hermosa Neurological Center.

It's one of the best head trauma centers in the country.

An old friend runs it.

Really? Oh, well.

Oh, well, I guess there's a silver lining in every rain cloud, isn't there?

I'm, um, I'm gonna go see if I can find him.

Right? Excuse me.

I blew it.

You blaming yourself?

Yeah, I'm blaming myself. I should have cut them off before they made it onto

the fire escape.

See, I was thinking that we would have them more contained if I let them get

the plane.

That sounds like a logical decision.

Truth is, I also thought it'd be a lot more fun to let them... I thought it'd

fun.

Are you Mr. Hopps' friends?

Yeah, yeah.

He's regained consciousness and we're admitting him now.

How is he? Well, Mr. Hobbs has a severe subdural hematoma. We're concerned that

the trauma and resulting edema may have caused permanent cellular or myelin

damage to areas of his hippocampus. He has complete working memory loss and

can't remember anything since the accident.

Sorry, Doctor, I don't understand. What is working memory?

Well, it's our recent current memory.

If you were to go into Mr. Hobbs' room now, say hello, then leave and return a

minute later, he won't remember you were ever there.

Yet he might remember what you did two days before the accident, since that

would be in his long -term memory.

I think you should prepare yourselves to accept that your friend may have

permanent brain damage.

Dr. Morgan, extension 902.

Dr. Morgan, extension 902. Frank, we have a bit of an awkward situation, Mr.

Hobbs. The hospital's overflowing.

There's a flu bug going around.

Yeah, we're actually rerouting patients to county general now because we can't

hold anymore.

Well, that's okay because I really don't want to be here, Doc. I'll just go home

if it's all the same to you. I'm afraid that's not an option.

Since your case is best served by the excellent neuro department we have here,

well, we did what we had to in order to get you a bed.

But the only bed we had available was in the shared room.

Uh -huh.

That's okay. Government insurance doesn't pay for private rooms anyway.

Well, the other bed's occupied by a female patient.

You got me a chicken with me.

Oh, that shouldn't be a problem, honey. We can just keep the curtain closed.

Kathy will get you settled in, and I'll check in later. You're the hell of a guy

to adopt her.

Okay, sweetheart.

I'm just going to install an IV tap in your forearm. Oh, no, you're not. Oh,

yes, I am, honey. No, I don't think so.

Oh, yes, I am, baby.

I'm not your baby, you're not my mother, and I'm not your sweetheart.

Okay. It stops.

Doctor wants you on a drip to keep you hydrated.

And in case you need meds, so we don't have to keep poking holes in you.

What kind of meds would I need, hmm?

Maybe something to knock me out so you could drag me into some operating room

yank out the wrong organ, hmm?

They gotta drag me back in there to fix the right organ, but this time some

quack doctor leaves a sponge under my thyroid, so I gotta go back in there

and rip my thyroid out.

Right? I'm living in a world of pain, complications set in that end up killing

me.

Wow. You really don't like hospitals.

I'm sorry. I just had to look. I know I'm supposed to stay behind that curtain

and all, but you really don't like hospitals?

Who's she?

Your roommate.

I got a chick for me.

Dr. Dillon just explained that to you, Mr. Hobbs. Who's Dr. Dillon?

Your doctor.

Hospital's full.

This was the only bed available.

Right. He has what they call working memory loss.

Don't worry.

I don't bite.

Oh, it's fine with me if it's fine with you.

Now, about that IV tab, Mr. Hobbs.

Oh, call me Bobby.

Stick that baby right in there.

Love needles.

Love them.

Hey, Bobby.

Give me the current status.

Status?

Fill me in.

Fill you in on what?

I'm undercover posing as a patient.

No, you're not.

Yeah.

Ops, this is real, okay?

This is a hospital, okay? And you're a patient.

No, I'm not. Sure you are.

Okay, what's wrong with me? I already told you three times, okay?

We were on a mission, and I cornered some guys, and they knocked you off a

escape, and then you fell on your head.

I don't remember that.

That's because you fell on your head, okay? And now, evidently, you have some

kind of strange memory loss.

No, I don't.

I remember everything.

Okay, what did you have for breakfast?

That's a trick question, right?

I didn't have breakfast. Yes, you did. I was here when you ate it, so it was the

official. What did I have? An omelet and a bagel.

Huh? Then they brought you lunch, but you didn't like it, so you didn't eat

Anyway, I went down and got you a pastrami on rye. I don't like rye. Yeah,

do. I never eat rye.

Holla. I'll take it. I like pastrami on darn near anything.

Ouch. Be still, my heart. Who's the friend?

Look at that chick roommate.

Well, I only told him about a million times, but with his weird memory thing,

just don't sink in.

Hospital's overloaded. This was the only bed left.

Wait a minute. Where were you when I was here this morning?

Oh, down at X -Ray. They make you wait in line.

I'm Sarah.

Don't worry. I'm not contagious.

I just had my appendix out.

Hey, Darren Fox.

Bobby Hobbs.

I know.

I don't know why everyone makes such a big deal out of this chicken dude in the

same room thing. I kind of like it. You look great for somebody who just had

their appendix out.

Well, it was like a week ago.

Oh, I'm sorry. I did... Do you have some kind of complication? They left a

sponge in you.

No, I feel fine.

I thought they sent you home the next day after getting appendectomy these

Well, they do if you have a home to get sent to.

But I don't really. I've got this place I like to think of as home under the

bridge at 16th and Hermitage. But, you know, doctors and social workers don't

think that counts. So I get treated a few more days here at the Ritz, which is

amazing when you consider I got no insurance.

I'm glad you're here, though, because it brightens the room a little bit.

That's sweet.

Yeah, of course, give him five minutes and he won't remember who you are again.

Well, we're working on that.

Hello, Sarah.

Hi. Bobby, Darian, this is Dr. Dean Carver. Oh, this is the guy that you

telling us about? Yes.

Dr. Carver was in attending when I did my neuro residency, and I also worked on

some of his research with him. He's arguably the best neurosurgeon in the

country. Well, maybe in this room.

So he's agreed to take over Bobby's case and put him into one of the new

experimental programs.

You believe a sponge in anybody's head?

Hello, you have reached the agency.

We are now closed. If you would like to leave a message... This is the official.

I'm away from my desk right now. Leave a message.

This is Agent Bobby Hobbs.

I've been knocked out and taken to some sort of medical facility. I've been

dropped. I don't know where the hell I am, but as soon as I find out, I will

make contact for extraction.

Over.

Dr.

Sonneberg is sent in 3475.

Dr. Sonneberg is sent in 3475.

You really shouldn't have seen that, buddy.

Yeah, you're right.

I'm gonna have nightmares for the rest of my life.

Hey, could you not do that, please?

Hey, let's go. Could you not do that? Let's go.

Hello,

Mr. Hobbs.

Who are you? What do you want us to do with him?

Oh, Mr. Hobbs here is a very fortunate man.

He's a friend of a very dear friend of mine, and his condition ensures he won't

remember a thing about this 15 minutes from now.

Escort him back to his room.

Dr. Wagner?

6305?

Dr. Wagner?

Take a bed.

Can you run down where we stand?

Agent Fox, report.

Report what?

We narrowing in?

Narrowing in on what?

Am I in this all by myself, Fox?

Okay.

This isn't a job, okay? This is real. This is a hospital, and you're a

okay? We were on a job.

You had an accident, and you fell on your head, and now, evidently, you have

some kind of strange memory loss, okay?

Wait a minute. Where'd you get that shiner on your head? You did not have

when I was here yesterday. Where'd you get that?

interrupting something?

Hey, sir.

Hey, Darian.

What's up, Bushy?

It's your roommate.

Yeah, it's your roommate?

Yeah. It's a long story.

I was awake when they brought him in last night.

Hey, you were saying they brought him in?

Yeah, you know, I think he wandered off. He thinks he's on that mission he keeps

talking about.

Are you guys cops or something?

Uh, yeah, or something. Keep going. Who brought him back?

These two huge orderlies, guys who work here. I've never seen them before.

And they brought him in, and Bobby was telling them that... Do I know you?

I don't know you. Every time I come here, she's like, sweetie, cutie, honey.

mean, you get checked in these places. Everybody's your best friend.

Are you okay?

Please, now keep going.

You said that the guy, they brought him back in.

Yeah, and he was screaming all this stuff like... You guys, I know it's all

conspiracy, and you guys are so busted, man. And, you know, I saw the movie

Coma, I think you said, and then they hooked him up to the IV and he fell

asleep. Hey, you don't remember any of this?

Hey, man, how you doing? You just get here?

Did you?

Great, great.

You know what? I'm going to go do a little snooping around, okay? So, yeah.

Bob, pick me up a sandwich, please.

Grab me a pastrami and rice again. It's a deli around the corner.

What are you in for?

So there is one thing that they don't teach you to watch out for when you get

invisibility gland installed in your head.

That you're invisible.

We'll make sure none of them get near who are six.

Hey, Bobby.

Hey,

Sarah, where's Bobby? He took him to surgery.

Oh, crap.

Sir,

please.

I thought they were operating on a friend of mine. He had brain trauma. I

thought he'd be on that floor.

Well, he's in surgery, most likely on the fourth floor.

This room's rarely used.

I'm going to have to escort you to the exit, sir.

Can I help you?

Yeah, yeah. I'm trying to figure out where they took Robert Hobbs. He's right

down... He's in his room.

Well, no, I just... He wasn't... I was just there. He wasn't... He's in his

room.

Sir,

he's sleeping.

Hey, Doc.

What are you doing? What are you talking about? You operated on him. What the

hell did you do to him? My job.

Was something wrong?

Yeah.

Yeah, suddenly my buddy has a hole in his head, okay?

And no one asked permission to do any kind of... Mr.

Hobbs gave us permission. Mr.

Hobbs is in no condition to make that kind of decision, okay?

You should have talked to me. You aren't his family. You have no legal bearing

on what we can or cannot do regarding his case.

Yeah, I don't understand why you're reacting like this.

I think that you will find that when your friend wakes, he is in much better

condition than he was before he went to sleep.

And at that point, you feel free to find me and apologize.

He's still sleeping.

Did you...

Did you hear anything strange when they came to take Bobby to surgery?

Well, the one guy did say that he shot Kennedy.

And then the other guy was talking about Area 51 and all the aliens. Look,

Sarah, Sarah, okay? I'm not messing around. I'm serious. Did you hear

I know you're serious.

That's your problem. You're just like Bobby.

Everything is not a conspiracy, you know.

So wait till he wakes up.

I bet you'll feel much better.

Okay?

Tell you what. I am going to treat you to some fake orange juice.

And then I gotta crash, okay?

Yeah, you gotta date.

Night. I'll see you tomorrow.

Knock, knock.

There.

Hey, folks.

Hey, Bob.

What's going on, man?

Okay, look.

You're in the hospital, okay? You're not on a job.

Why would I think I was on a job?

Of course, it would probably be better if I was on a job. Fat man ain't paying

me. I'm sick of being stuck in here, that's for sure.

What are you looking at?

Nothing. Why are you staring at me? No, I'm... I'm just glad to see that you're

doing so well. I feel great, man. Yeah? Yeah.

Strong like bull.

Uh -huh. Yeah, well, Dr. Carver said that he tried a new procedure on you. I

guess it worked.

He said you gave your okay.

Yeah. I got a vague memory of that. I thought you didn't trust doctors.

Damn. What?

Nothing. I guess I imagined it.

Imagine what? I thought I had a chick with me.

You didn't imagine that? I didn't? No.

Good. Sarah.

Yeah, that's right.

Good, good.

But I don't know where she is, though.

Hey. Oh, excuse me. Uh, nurse?

Yeah, where's Sarah at?

She was discharged.

So she's doing okay?

Yeah, that's usually the reason they discharge people.

Hey, nursey. Doctor says you're going to be getting out of here soon yourself.

How you doing, babe?

I'm sure going to misrepeat myself.

That's weird.

Because I was just hanging out with Sarah last night. She didn't say

about getting discharged.

Looks like they got a hospital, I'll tell you.

I just hope you're okay not to be, huh? I'm okay.

I'm good. Yeah?

Oh, yeah.

I'm good.

I wonder what happens to people they get registered, you know what I mean?

Like cancer, something serious.

I mean, you got no insurance, you're good about getting any care.

Sarah got care. She's all right, right?

True. Okay. And now she's back on the streets where no one gives a damn. Hey,

we're not driving around all day because we don't give a damn. Hey, here we go.

I think this is where she said she lived.

Hey, Fox.

Fox. What?

You got him?

I don't know.

Sarah?

Sarah, it's Bobby.

Oh, sorry.

I thought you were somebody else. Sorry. You looking for someone?

Yes, actually, we are. A girl named Sarah.

About this tall.

About 20. Got, like, straight right down here. Cut real short like that. Yeah.

I know her.

She's in the hospital last I heard.

Right, right. She got out. Is she okay?

Oh, we hope so. I'm trying to figure that out right now.

I thought maybe she came here.

Might try the 18th Street Shelter. She goes there sometimes.

Okay, thank you. Thanks a lot.

Is that your daughter?

Yeah. Her name's Susie.

Susie, huh?

That's a pretty cool name.

What's her mama's name?

Oh, yeah?

Let's go.

You got any money?

What? Give me your money. My money?

Give me your money.

What do you got? How much you got?

Here you go. Why don't you get some food or a place to stay at night or

something? Do I look like a charity case to you?

No, this isn't for you. It's for Susie.

Thank you.

I'll see you.

Okay, here we go.

Hey, Sarah.

Hey, what's going on, huh? Y 'all just take off without saying goodbye?

Who are you?

Bobby. Bobby Hobbs?

Sarah, you're my chick roommate, you remember?

Sarah, you don't know her?

Wait a minute, do you even remember being in high school, Sarah?

I guess.

You had your appendix out, right?

Okay. Sarah.

Let me ask you something, okay?

Are you using something?

Using what?

Your drug.

No.

Sarah, let me just take a look.

No, no, no.

It's okay. It's okay. Just let him look at your neck for a second.

Okay.

What the hell is that?

What the hell is going on?

The sutures in her head are considerably newer than the ones in her abdomen, and

they're roughly the same age as yours.

So it's basically the same kind of hole.

Yep.

Hey, come here for a second.

I can't explain it to you. Sarah and everybody at the shelter are like

Hobbit has the same procedure, and he's better.

I see. Perhaps it isn't the same procedure.

What do you mean?

I don't know if I believe Dean could do this.

Do what?

All right, there are certain cells in the hippocampus that, if removed, could

cause the type of behavioral changes that we're seeing in Sarah. Now, if

replaced, the same cell could theoretically cause the changes for the

that we've been seeing in Mr. Holmes.

So you're saying that they may have taken the cells from her head and put

into my head? Well, yeah, it's possible. In fact, Dean Carver was trying to

synthesize Sean's cells when I was working with him.

Which are?

The cells that I was just talking about.

Schwann cells are found in the brain and other parts of the central nervous

system, and they're myelin regenerating.

Myelin. Regenerating. Myelin. They regenerate. Myelin regenerates. All

all right, all right. Let me explain this in overly simplistic terms so you

can understand.

Was that an insult?

I would not think it was an insult. I think it was too simplistic. Okay.

Enough.

Finished?

Now. When somebody has brain damage or spinal cord damage, sometimes it's not

the actual cells that are damaged, but the substance that's encasing them. Now,

this substance is called myelin.

The regenerating stuff. Right. Schwann cells are myelin regenerating.

So why isn't it used all the time for people who have any kind of brain or

spinal damage?

Because we can't grow Schwann cells in a lab. They have to be harvested from a

living patient, and as far as I know, nobody's been able to do that.

Looks like your friend found a way.

You see, the only problem with that is that Schwann cells are needed for

certain... certain cognitive functions.

So you take them out of one person and...

Sorry, but this floor is for authorized personnel only. Oh, I'm authorized. I

just left my key card downstairs.

Who are you?

Dr. Keith Lee.

I'm Dr.

Carpenter. Wait a minute, you guys. Hey.

Wait, stop.

All right, look.

Look, I could get in a lot of trouble if I let you guys in here, all right?

You'll get in a lot more trouble if you don't, pal.

Look, this man is a double amputee, and he is actually feeling phantom limbs

right now.

Do you have any idea how rare this phenomenon is? It only lasts for a few

minutes. Oh, this is amazing.

I feel like I could reach out and touch you right now. All right, I've got to

get this man in a head CT.

Dr. Carver's going to be very upset if he misses this opportunity.

I'm sorry, I think it's starting to fade. We've got to go. Yeah, all right,

right. Okay, look, I'll tell you what.

Follow me and we'll go see Dr. Carver.

Perfect.

All right, you guys, just wait here. I'll get Dr. Carver, all right?

No need.

What are

you doing?

This is a clean room.

Claire, you know better.

Well, keep out distance. You just tell me you're not doing what I think you're

doing, Dean.

Close the door.

What's this about?

You're doing it, aren't you?

You are harvesting live schwan cells.

I'm helping people.

Yeah, that's funny you didn't seem to help Sarah. I just examined her. She's

severely cataleptic. She's alive.

She's self -sufficient. If it hadn't been for me, she'd be dead.

I don't buy it. She looks like she's had a lobotomy.

She's indigent and she's uninsured. If I hadn't agreed to accept her into the

hospital, no one would have. In a couple of hours, her appendix would have

burst, peritonitis would have set in, and she'd be dead.

Instead, she is healthy, and she's back among her friends. Oh, yeah, she's back

with her friends. They're right on the street.

Days down like a junkie. She's alive, healthy, and thanks to Thera's Schwann

cells, someone else may be able to walk again. They may be able to overcome

paralysis, regain their memory.

And who decides who gets these cells put in and who gets them taken out, Doug? I

do.

Oh, you do, huh?

You do.

What are you, God?

The people from whom I harvest the cells don't need complete cognitive function

as much as the people to whom I transplant them.

Right. Do you have to decide that?

It's a simple decision.

Who's more important to our society?

Who contributes?

Who drains?

For example, Mr. Hobbs, you work diligently protecting the well -being of

country. Now, don't you think that that contribution is more valuable than some

indigent wandering the streets digging through trash bins?

Okay.

Those are people out there with families, kids.

And when those kids become seriously ill and they haven't got any means to pay

for the care, don't you think they'd rather have those kids live, perhaps

little less brain function, than die?

Just tell me, do I have serous cells in my head or not?

No, someone else's. We banked the Fells cryogenically for later use.

Well, Doc, while I appreciate what you did for me, I don't appreciate how you

did it.

And unfortunately, you're not going to do it anymore.

Unless you can do it from a federal prison. You're under arrest.

Hey, if this sells a bank, then you can put him back in the people he took him

from, can't you?

Most likely, but I'd need his help.

Hey, buddy.

Guess what?

Looks like you and Claire get to relive some old times.

Next time a patient comes in here with neural damage, maybe a cop or a fireman,

which one of you is going to explain that there is a treatment available for

their condition, but they can't have it?

What the hell are you talking about, huh?

But you have to explain to somebody who needs a new liver that you're not gonna

go murder some homeless guy to get him one?

No, I'm done with this one. Let's prep the next one.

Yeah, yeah.

Uh,

no, let, let George go first.

George, go, buddy.

You're up. Here we go.

There you go.

All right. Go ahead.

I'll see you in a minute.

Claire, could you finish clothing, please?

And then we can all go home.

Or, in my case, to prison.

Why don't you pace yourself, Doc? You got one more left. No, I don't. Yes, you

do.

Sarah's still waiting outside.

Well, that may be true, Mr.

Hobbs, but we don't have any grafts left. We just used the last cells.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. You're going to do something. I mean, she's the only

one left.

Actually, there are many left, Mr. Fox. I've helped a lot of people. You've just

barely touched the surface here.

Hey! Hey!

Come on!

Dr. Carver has severe brain damage. He's in critical condition.

And what kind of idiot just runs out into a fire escape and stands there?

Maybe one that's thinking of jumping.

Does he have hippocampal damage?

Not apparently.

Is he an organ donor?

Yeah, we're prepping him to harvest.

Do me a favor. Prep him up in the new row I want.

Fine, Sarah.

And you're doing this on what authority?

My agents will have written authorization by the time you get him

prepped.

Hey, Sarah. Sarah.

Hey, Bob. Are you staring?

What do you think?

Who's that? That's Dr. Carver.

You're a freak?

Mm -hmm. What in the world?

Would you draw him after what he did to you?

Oh, I don't know.

I guess I kind of feel like I've got a little bit of him in me now.

Kind of like a halfway self -portrait or something.

Weird, huh?

Anyway, we came back because if you're into it, we talked to our boss.

And he may have a job opening for you.

If you want it. If you're into it.

Thanks.

But I got a job at the hospital with Dr. Dillon.

Oh, really?

You don't need a job? She's got a job. She just told us she had a job. Okay,

let's hear about your job.

Well, Dr. D is going to continue Dr. Carver's research, only all legal, like

with FCC or FDIC or whatever approval.

He wants me to be what he calls a liaison to the community out here.

Liaison? Yeah.

And we're going to track all the people who didn't get their cells back.

Maybe we can set things straight out here.

Yeah, absolutely.

Hey, I want to introduce you to some cool people.

I would love to meet some cool people.

Shakespeare once wrote, the evil that men do lives after them.

Now, that's never been more true than with Carver.

But maybe the next line of Shakespeare's quote won't come true in this case.

The one about the good is often turd with the bones.

Well, maybe Carver's good is now in Sarah's head. And who knows? Maybe she

help say to it that his research does some good.