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Oh, my God, Tía!
Let me help you.

Let me help you.

-Thank you.
-Take care.

Bronx bound, local 4 train,
approaching the station.

Please stand away from
the platform edge.

We are here to help.

Wir sind hier um zu helfen.

Stop.

I'm not going into another
Oktoberfest unprepared, alright?

Attention all units,
we have a 10-43,

woman on the tracks at
159th Street station.

Dispatch, this is Unit 240.

We're two blocks away.

I hit the brakes, but
she's under there.

Ma'am, can you hear me?

-Status?
-Lacerations, active bleeding.

You need to call transit to
shut down the electricity.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What are you doing?

There's over 600 volts of
direct current down there.

You touch that third
rail, you're dead.

Come on, Katie. If she
touches that third rail

while you're pulling her out,
you'll both be electrocuted.

If you can hear me,

don't move.

INo te muevas!

Don't move.

You got it?

Pulse is thready. Maintain
total spine protection.

Flat on board. Let's go.

Ding dong, the witch
is retired, Carol.

To be clear, you're
referring to your mother?

I'm referring to
the former chief

who questioned my every
move, my every test,

pushed patient turnover
over patient care.

And so will whoever they
bring in next, Wolf.

It's part of the job.
-You know,

I always thought you'd
make an amazing chief.

Really?

'Cause then I could
do whatever I wanted.

You are in for a rude awakening.

That wicked witch coddled you,

and whoever they bring in next

will not hesitate to kick your
butt all the way back to Kansas.

Maybe I should be
the next chief, then.

Oh, it's the ED.

"TTA... train versus ped.
Code trauma with head injury.

ETA two minutes." I bet
Katie's bringing her in.

You go. Let me know
if you need backup.

Thank you.

Trauma patient coming through.

Move, move, move!
Get out the way!

They're here.

Probable head bleed,
multiple lacerations,

unresponsive at the scene.

I want a set of access, vitals,
blood, and airway readied.

On my count. Three,
two, one, lift.

Somebody call neuro. Get
Dr. Wolf in here now!

-Hey, you're bleeding.
-It's just a cut.

-Katie.
-I'm fine.

Just focus on your patient.

Everyone step away from
the head of the bed.

This woman needs to be
oxygenated before anything else,

or she'll die.

Etomidate, Sux, now. I
need a bougie on back up.

Her neck cannot flex an inch.

Nash, prep me a 6-0 in
case I need to cric.

I can do her airway. I'm ready.

You get one shot,
then I take over.

Cool?

Yeah.

Jaw's loose. Go for it now.

Sat 60.

55.

50.
-Okay, I see cords.

Tube, please.

Condensation.

Color change.

Yes. You nailed it.

Let's bag her up.
Dr. Wolf, CT is next.

Hyperventilate her,
get mannitol running.

Great work stabilizing
her, everyone.

Dr. Nichols, do
you want to review

her FAST ultrasound images?

Let's get her to CT,
then straight to the OR.

Wheels are in motion, gentlemen.

Move, move, move.

And that is why I Uber.

Getting pushed onto the tracks

is probably my second
number-one fear.

What's your first
number-one fear?

I don't know.

And that is what
scares me the most.

Opposites do attract,

because word on the street

is that your girlfriend
jumped on the tracks

before they turned
off the electricity.

Katie did what now?

Well, it's foolhardy,
to be sure,

but she definitely
saved that woman's life.

If she'd been brought in
even a few minutes later,

she wouldn't have survived.
-Wow.

How does it feel to have a
literal hero as a girlfriend?

Oh, acts of service is
one of my love languages.

Dan, I think your
baby mama's here.

He's right here.

Hey, Michelle.

Is Liam alright?

No, he's fine.
I'm here for work.

I got a new case,
but it's complicated,

and I think it requires
more than a social worker.

I need your help.

His name is Adam. He
has severe autism.

And I can't tell you much more

because I was just
assigned to his case

a couple hours ago when
the police brought him

in for questioning.

That woman who was
pushed on the subway,

Gloria Marcano, she's
Adams caregiver.

The police think he
may have pushed her?

They don't have any
CCTV footage yet,

but witnesses say only Adam and
Gloria were on the platform,

making him their prime suspect.

But Adam's non-speaking.

From what I've seen,

the courts are so poorly
designed for people like him,

he won't be able to
properly defend himself.

How did he get that
bruise on his forehead?

He did that to himself
while in custody.

He's been extremely
agitated since the accident.

I'm sure being in a police
station didn't help.

I'm not sure a hospital
is much better.

I agree, but Adam was
getting worse by the minute,

so I convinced the cops
to let me bring him here

for a medical evaluation.

That felt like the
only card I could play.

You did the right thing.

Do you know if he
lost consciousness

from the head injury?

I don't think so.

I'm just worried

what's going to happen to him
if he goes back to the station.

If he can't communicate what
happened on the platform,

he's going to be
officially charged.

Hey, Adam.

My name is Dr. Wolf.

We're gonna help you.

Communication is key.

But you just met Adam
only a few hours ago?

So often, we only meet
these kids in crisis.

His mom died in his teens.

He went into foster care
and is now in a group home.

One of the good ones.

-Says here he's non-speaking?
-He is.

Which doesn't mean
that he never speaks.

Just that talking isn't his
primary mode of communication.

-So what is?
-Well, that's the challenge.

He used a communication
device years back,

but mostly gave it
up in the group home.

He's become completely
reliant on Gloria.

He won't let anyone he
doesn't know near him.

At the police station,

when I tried talking to him,
he became extremely agitated.

Okay, well, this will be
Adam's quiet room for the day.

No other patients will
be allowed in here.

We need to gain Adam's trust to
allow you to examine him, Wolf.

What is this?

This is the extent of
Bronx General's tools

for non-speaking patients.

Okay, um, order a dozen
new electronic AACs,

top of the line,
spare no expense.

Or it might be easier
explaining to the new chief

why you ordered two new AACs.

Two sounds good.
Thank you, Dr. Markus.

Michelle, do you want to
bring Adam to the rec room?

-Sure.
-In the meantime,

let's lose these lab
coats and stethoscopes.

The fewer triggers, the better.

Damn, Rodriguez. The entire ER

is talking about what
you did on the 6 train.

Risking your life
for a total stranger?

-It's just my job.
-Respect.

Thanks.

Was it your job?

Was Max willing to
go on the tracks?

Yeah. He lost rock,
paper, scissors.

Okay, I'm smaller.

It's easier for me to
squeeze into tight spaces.

Ah. And there was no way

for them to turn off
the electricity first.

There was no time. That
woman was in danger.

I had to respond.

You know, I bet Dr. Thorne
would love to have someone

as fearless as you on his team.

I already know of a couple of
ER techs that used to be EMTs,

and the work is
just as thrilling.

Plus, there's a cute
neuro intern upstairs,

and, uh, her body be bangin'.

Yeah, it be. I'm an outdoor cat.

You know I would be stir
crazy in the hospital.

Okay.

I'll see you later?

Yeah?
-Yes.

Hi, Adam. I'm Dr. Pierce,
and this is Dr. Wolf.

We know you've had
a rough morning,

and we are here to help.

You can use this board
to communicate with us

anything that you would like.

How does that sound?

Hey, buddy.

I heard that you hit your head.

Well, it looks like
you hit it pretty hard.

I need to check you out just
to make sure you're okay.

May I examine you?

Good thing that wasn't
one of your brand-new,

top-of-the-line AACs.

Well, I'd argue that's
why we need a dozen.

Our patient thinks differently,

so we need to start
thinking differently.

Quick question.

We have 20 patients on
consults, three LPs to do.

How does Adam qualify as
a neuro patient again?

Non-speaking is not an
intrinsic trait of autism,

but a coexisting condition
with neurological roots.

But I believe the real
answer to your question,

Dr. Porter, is that
Adam needs our help.

His caregiver is in surgery.

There is no one else who
can advocate for him.

There is a saying in the
autistic community...

If you've met one
person with autism,

you've met one
person with autism.

So how do we get to know Adam?

He's still too
dysregulated to engage.

Converting the rec
room was a great start,

but it's not enough.

What else does he
need to calm down?

Well, the opposite of
anxiety isn't calm.

It's trust.

But there's no trust because
we're not speaking his language.

He doesn't speak any language.

Human beings have existed
for 6 million years.

The spoken word was only
developed 200,000 years ago.

So for millions of years we
communicated without speaking.

So we have to figure out how
Adam communicates instead of

trying to get him to
communicate like us.

Yeah. Here's what we do know.

He's successfully putting that
puzzle together upside down,

which means he is a sharp kid.

But the intense emotional
strain is cutting off

any chance for communication.

If we could get
around that somehow,

understand what he's
really feeling...

It's worth a shot.

Dr. Kinney, Dr. Dang,
do you have a minute?

I wanted to apologize
for pulling you both

into the Alison Whitaker case.

I should have never asked
you to help me research

one of my patients.

It was unprofessional.

-Oh, well, apology accepted.
-And unnecessary.

Honestly, it's kind of
wild Alison reported you.

We do more questionable
stuff with Wolf every day,

and he's never been reported.
-Alison didn't report me.

-What?
-Do you know who did?

Was it someone
from the hospital?

I'm going to stop
you right there.

It would be inappropriate
to speculate.

I am making my amends,
and I'm moving on.

Excuse me. And thank you.

Why would someone
report Dr. Pierce?

She made one mistake, and
they want to get her fired?

I know how much you
love a whodunnit,

but before you go full gumshoe,

maybe we actually
listen to Dr. Pierce

and not do anything that could
lead to her hating us again.

That was literally the most
harrowing day of my life.

You're right.

We'll keep this
investigation between us.

Oh, Dr. Nichols, do
you have a minute?

Oh, they called me to
the OR 10 minutes ago.

I just wanted to check the status
of the woman from the subway.

Oh, uh, dicey at the start,
but she made it through.

I just dropped her
off in the unit.

When can we talk to her?

I assume you asked them to start
weaning sedation as soon as they can.

Of course. But, as you know, she
could have significant deficits.

And even if she doesn't, she
might not remember what happened.

Sorry, speaking of talking,

If you are avoiding me at
all because of that kiss,

we don't ever have to
talk about that again.

Or, you know, if you want
to talk about it sometime,

we can also have a...
-Maybe, but I gotta...

Adam, I'd like you
to meet Dr. Markus.

He has the unique ability to
sense what others are feeling.

He's going to help us better
understand what it is you need.

Adam, are you hungry?

Are you tired?

Do you need to use the restroom?

I can't really get a clear read.

Usually when people are angry,
it feels like a headache.

Fear is like a clenched
chest or shortness of breath.

And if somebody's sad, it
feels like a lump in my throat.

But, Adam, I think
he's feeling it all.

Dr. Markus?

Wait, I think I
know what he needs.

I think you can examine him now.

That's a normal neuro exam.

I think we can forgo a CT scan.

Okay, that's great news.

Adam, we need to
ask you a question.

There was an accident
earlier this morning

at the subway station.

Did you push Gloria?

Sayah.

Sayah, say ah, say
ah. Sayah, say ah.

W-W-What is it?

I don't know what
"say ah" means,

but I can tell you he's scared.

Gloria's stabilized, but
she's still unconscious.

We've cleared Adam medically,
but we're not done helping him.

Once he leaves our care,

it'll be too easy for
others to speak for him.

But Adam deserves
the opportunity

to tell his side of the story.

And "say ah" might be the
key to proving his innocence.

Just because he's scared
doesn't mean he's innocent.

I mean, he could be
scared of going to prison.

But he trusts us enough
to communicate with us.

Let's honor that trust

by finding out what
he's trying to say.

And we have to do it fast.
-Maybe it's a name.

Maybe he's asking for someone.

Most of the people
he interacts with

are at his group home.

Could be someone there.
Someone they know.

I'd buy that. But first we
have to stall the police.

Carol, tell them we're
running more tests.

Michelle, you and Van
go to the group home

and see what you two
can find out there.

Wolf, I just got my job back.

Now, I'm here to fight for
Adam, just like anyone else.

But I'm not lying to the police.

Fine. I'll do it.

What? I have no problem
making that call.

-Whoa.
-Oh.

-My bad.
-Excuse me, Dr. Thorne.

Everything alright, Dr. Pierce?

-Yeah, fine.
-Really?

You see, I know you're the
psych doc and I'm just ED,

but having spent over 90K

on professional
marriage counseling,

when a woman says she's
fine, it usually stands for

"feelings I'm not expressing."

-Yeah?
-Yeah.

And how did those counseling
sessions work out for you?

You're a mean, mean lady.
But I do love our chats.

This is Adam's space.

Wow.

His drawings are great.

-Mm-hmm.
-Mm.

No way. Is this
Dominick's on Arthur Ave?

Our first date.

That was a pretty classy
spot for two college kids.

Well, yeah, I mean, you know,
just trying to impress you.

I remember that I was
too nervous to eat

because you were too
nervous to eat, so...

You were trying to impress me?

-Yeah.
-You were in med school.

You were two years older,
and you were so, so handsome.

Really? Hmm.

-Years ago.
-Oh, yeah.

Of course.
-Not now.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

Well, you haven't
changed at all.

I mean, I feel
like you don't age,

but that's neither
here nor there.

But I can't believe this.

Hi. I'm Michelle. I'm
Adam's new caseworker.

You must be his roommate, Tom.

You can't be in here.
This is my personal space.

We're from Bronx General,
and we're actually...

We're actually here on
a top-secret mission.

Really? How so?

There's a code word
we're trying to crack.

Adam keeps repeating a word.

"Sayah." Do you know
what that means?

It does sound very mysterious.

Sorry, I don't
know what it means,

but if you do see Adam,

please tell him I didn't
touch any of his stuff, okay?

I know it's his room, too.

At least for the next month.

-What happens in a month?
-He turns 26.

And that's when services
end at Tremont, right?

Mm. Adam likes it here.
He doesn't want to leave.

Last week when Gloria took
him to see new apartments,

he got really upset.

-Really? What happened?
-I wasn't there,

but it sounded like a
really big fight, you know?

Like... tsss, kchhh.

Like that.

-What about the sitter?
-Who?

The sitter who was with
Alison in her hospital room.

They were alone
together for hours.

Maybe she reported Dr. Pierce.

Uh, I am leaning in, but
how are you going to...

Oh, I think Jacob
got her number.

What's with the pep in her step?

She is starring in
her very own episode

of "True Detective."
-Oh.

I brought you steamed buns.

You, uh, took off your bandage?

Mm. Yeah. It was
itchy. I couldn't deal.

Personally, I
wouldn't risk sepsis.

But you do you.

I'm sorry, are you
picking a fight?

Um...

What happened here?

Nothing. Everything's fine.

Dr. Porter.

You insisted he's
a neuro patient,

so I was approaching him with
some neuro-psych eval questions

when he grabbed me.

Next thing I know, he's
tossing me to the ground.

Dr. Wolf, it's Gloria.

She's waking up.

Deal with this.

I need critical
response team now!

Adam!

What would cause
a bleed like that?

You're certain there's
no mediastinal injury?

I doubt it.

I mean, CT can miss
small pulmonary trauma,

but she'd have other
associated injuries.

Any chance there
were complications

with the intubation
Dr. Nash performed

that could have caused
endotracheal trauma?

300cc of blood loss
from a first-pass

direct laryngoscopy that
he nailed and I supervised?

No.
-It's not every day

an intern reassesses a
patient on their own time.

She isn't even on
his service anymore.

Good thing he caught
the bleed in time.

Yeah, uh, he's gonna
be a good doctor.

Finally, we agree on something.

If Gloria dies,
Adam's charges will go

from attempted second-degree
murder to murder.

The difference could
be life in prison.

And you're forgetting
there's a third option,

which is to find a way for Adam
to tell his side of the story,

to prove that he's
actually innocent.

I like that option best,

but Adam's been
medically cleared, Wolf.

He doesn't need a doctor.
He needs an attorney.

We need to hide
him in your office.

What?

The police are gonna
be here any minute.

We need more time.
-No, I'm not hiding a patient.

-Carol...
-Wolf,

do you have any idea what this
week has been like for me?

I am constantly looking
over my shoulder,

wondering who here is
most likely to report me,

and it kills me

that my one mistake cost me
a chance at making chief.

The last thing your mother said
to me was to look out for you

and, Wolf, if I was
chief, I could have.

But I can't now, and I won't.

You're on your own.

Oh, sweet Jesus.

Is Dr. Pierce the
one with the beard

who was tripping balls
on PCP at the hospital?

Because that guy's a legend.
-That's Dr. Wolf,

and no one reports
him for anything.

Good. It's like, let him
do his thing, people.

He has a process,
and it's working.

Thank you for proving my point.

What do you know about Max?

-Katie's partner?
-Mm-hmm.

I know he's hot and single.

Why? Are you interested?
-I mean, maybe.

But he's also the EMT

who brought Alison
in with Dr. Pierce.

Do you think he reported her?

Max worked with Katie
every day and never noticed

that she was in chronic pain

after being shot
in the shoulder.

He doesn't exactly
pick up on nuance.

Also, why are you
obsessing over this?

Even Dr. Pierce says that it
was water under the bridge.

That's just her way of coping.

She knows someone did her dirty.

Meanwhile, Wolf does
PCP at the hospital

and gives a grieving
patient psilocybin

after a made-up drug trial.

Oh, and nearly kills a
patient after sneaking him

out of the hospital to go to
a bar before brain surgery.

And he never gets
reported for any of it.

Why?

Because his mom was
chief of the hospital.

Yeah, and because we are
so quick to malign women,

especially women of color.

If we work with someone

who is willing to
give people like Wolf

the benefit of the doubt and
not people like you and me,

I want to know who
that person is.

Okay, I hear you, and
you're totally right.

I usually am.

But I am going to get reported

if I'm late to
rounds one more time.

So...

What about Morris?

Isn't it always the husband?

How much of that previous
conversation did you hear?

Enough to know we're
on the same page.

Oh, can I grab a mint?

-Dr. Wolf.
-Excuse me, Dr. Kinney.

How did it go?

Not great.

We learned Adam and Gloria got
in a pretty big fight last week.

Adam's upset about having to
move out of the group home soon.

And the police won't be far
behind in finding that out, too.

And they'll try to
use that as motive.

Anything on "say ah"?

No one knew what it meant.
He doesn't have an iPad

or an AAC device to help
us ask him either, so...

And he pushed me.

You gotta admit, the evidence
is mounting, Dr. Wolf.

Why did he push you?

I mean, he was fine
when we left him.

Did you provoke him?
-Not at all.

He came after me, grabbed my
coat like this and shove me.

Just lucky there wasn't a train.

What if he wasn't
trying to shove you?

What if...
-He wanted your pen?

Nice job.

Looks like this
is what he needed.

Are you aware of the possibility

that we might have just
given Adam the tools

to incriminate himself?

Sayah.

Any guesses?

Looks more like a Rorschach
test than a clue to me.

What does it say about
me that I see my mother?

In Adam's defense,

his artwork at the
Tremont was way better.

Sayah. Sayah, say
ah, say ah, say ah.

Adam Mills.

Oh, uh, hi. I'm Adam's doctor.

Thank you for coming down,

but I can't in good faith
release my patient yet.

We still have further testing...

We have a warrant
for his arrest.

-Officer, is cuffing necessary?
-Yes, it is.

We've just got the
subway footage of him

running away from
the crime scene.

Alright? He's a flight risk.
-Flight risk?

He's hospitalized. No, no,
no. This is unconscionable.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and
will be held against you

in a court of law.

There you are.

Hey.
-Hi.

-How you doing?
-I'm okay.

I'm just really
worried about Adam.

So I'm gonna head
down to the station

to be there for
whatever he needs next.

Yeah.

Look, I know things didn't turn
out the way we wanted it to,

but seeing you in
your element...

I mean, I'm just... I'm
so impressed by you.

You're amazing at what you do,

and you care so
much, and I just...

I just wish that there was more

that we could have
done to help you.

Thank you.

I know you did your best.

Everybody did.
-Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks.

And, um...

...back at Adam's,
there was a spark.

I know you felt it.
I mean, I did, too.

Van, I'm not one of your nurses,

so don't try to feel
my feelings, okay?

Michelle, we were so
good together once.

What happened?
-We didn't communicate.

I did mean to tell you,

I was making Liam
breakfast the other day,

-and he said my eggs looked sus.
-What?

How does he even
know what sus means?

-I thought you taught him.
-No, no.

Okay.

See you Saturday for drop-off.
-Yeah.

See you then.
-Okay.

Katie.

Katie!
-What is the emergency?

What? What? What's wrong?

I was just taking a nap.

Hey.

-I know. I know, I know.
-Okay.

And I'm... I'm not freaking
out over a nap, I swear.

Um, I'm freaking out because...

...everybody thinks that
what you did was so brave.

But to me, it was...

stupid and thoughtless.

I get that your
job is dangerous,

but you also take
these reckless,

unnecessary risks

like you don't
value your own life.

And then I am left imagining

all of the ways that
I could lose you.

It reminds me of
losing my sister.

Oh, baby girl.

I do what I do because I
believe life is precious.

Whenever I see
someone in danger,

I always think that
could be someone's Dana.

I have to save them.

I jump because of you.

Any progress on
Gloria's past history?

Anything that can tell
us what's wrong with her?

I contacted her GP.

Her last visit was
three years ago,

and all her blood work for that
appointment was unremarkable.

And yet she's having
further hemoptysis.

She's in renal failure.

At this rate, Gloria
is going to die.

Open your mouth. Say "ahh."

Let's review her CT with
a chest radiologist.

Maybe we'll find...

I'm sorry. What
did you just say?

Ahh?

"Say ah." Adam was
saying "say ahh."

Sorry. I still don't get it.

Adam wants us to
test him for strep?

No, he's trying to
tell us Gloria's sick.

Every time we mention her
name, he says, "Say ahh."

We know Gloria's sick.

Yeah, but he also said
it while he was drawing.

So if "say ahh" is
him communicating

that Gloria's sick, then
maybe what he was drawing

is a symptom.
-You rang?

Quick. Don't think.
What do you see?

A butterfly.

That would explain
the hemoptysis.

And the kidney failure.

-What would?
-She need steroids, and fast.

It is so good to see you awake.

What happened?

Uh, there was an
incident in the subway.

You were hit by a train.
You needed surgery,

but you are strong, and it looks
like you're going to be okay.

When the surgery was
over, you were still sick,

and we weren't sure
why until we discovered

that you've been
sick for a while

with something called lupus.

We almost didn't catch
it because we thought

that all of your symptoms were
related to the subway accident,

but Adam's drawings
cracked the case.

He kept drawing a
butterfly-shaped rash,

a unique feature of lupus.

You don't have it right now,

so we never would
have known about it.

He drew my butterfly?

He always knew that when
he could see the butterfly

that I wasn't feeling right.

Where is he? Can I see him?

Uh, he's not here.

There's been some concern

that he may have pushed
you onto the subway tracks.

He's with the police.

Gloria, do you
remember what happened?

Perfectly.

Adam hates the sound
of the subway station.

He always has me lead the way,
and he stays a bit behind.

And he sketches so
he can stay calm

while we wait for the train.

I remember that it was so hot

and I felt dizzy, sick.

I didn't know what it was.

He didn't push me. I fell.

Adam was trying to save me.

He did save you.

iOh, mi héroe!

Oh, you saved my life.

Adam, do you know that?

♪ My back is facing the sun ♪

You want to go home?

-Me too.
-Back to the group home?

No. He has aged out of there.

We had a little fight
about a week ago,

but we talked things out.

Adam is moving in with me.

The morning of the subway,

we were headed to
meet with the lawyer.

I'm going to be his
guardian full time.

Yeah. You are coming
home with me, Adam.

Home is where the heart is.

Well, you heard the woman.

Let's get them home
as soon as we can.

There is chatter
among the nurses.

Don't act like you're not
the biggest gossip here.

Come on.

Apparently, that Kinney girl,

she's trying to figure
out who reported you.

-What?
-Mm-hmm.

Wolf's interns are cute,

but they're inheriting
his bad habits,

the worst being the inability
to mind their own damn business.

Ooh.

Well, I would want to
know if I were you.

Well, of course I want to know.

I'll always want to know.

Every time I walk into a room,

I'm wondering, is
this somebody here?

I will always be
self-conscious about saying

or doing the wrong thing.

Second guessing my every choice.

Because now I can't even
trust my own judgment.

Even though it
doesn't feel fair...

...I guess that's the
price I have to pay.

I know who reported you.

Say what now?

How?

Me and some of the
guys play pick-up ball

once a month, and
Dr. Hillman on the board,

he's been trying to
get in for years.

He calls foul like
he's bird hunting.

-Okay.
-But yeah.

Anyway, I figure that you've
been put through the ringer

enough so I can tell you,
but this is a one-time offer.

Then you're done torturing
yourself over this.

You want to know?

There's a reason why these
checks are put in place.

Right?
-Mm-hmm.

To ensure that our patients
receive the best possible care.

So no.

I don't need to
know who reported me

because whoever did it...

...they did the right thing.

Good for you.

Because that was the
test and you passed.

You!
-Oh!

You are a mean, mean
man, Dr. Thorne.

No, but look,

now you have the real
answer to the question

who reported you?

It doesn't matter.

-Mm.
-See?

I can play psych doc too.

Get out. Get out.

Oh, by the way,

um, Wolf wants to see
you in the rec room.

I've decided it doesn't matter
who reported Dr. Pierce.

-Hallelujah.
-She's back at the hospital,

and whoever threw her under the
bus has to look at her every day

and live with the guilt
of what they've done.

Harsh but true.

Plus, there's no punishment
worse than keeping secrets.

The shame, the lies.

It festers until eventually
it eats you alive.

You're right, Ericka.

It's always best to just
come out and say it.

I reported Carol.

Okay?

It was me.

You reported Dr. Pierce?

You listened to me
talk about it all day

and you never said it was you.

Why did you report
her? Why did you lie?

I'm not obligated
to tell you why.

But I will say this.

I had my reasons.

And I'd do it again if I had to.

-Surprise!
-Surprise!

What is this?

This is your welcome back party.

Now, anyone who knows me knows
I'm not one for speeches.

But it is an
understatement to say

how vital you are
to this hospital.

Dr. Pierce, you chose
to come back to us,

and we don't take
that for granted.

Welcome home.
-Welcome home.

Thank you for hearing me.

Well, I listen. You
don't have to yell at me.

Although I do like it sometimes.
-Mm-hmm.

Dr. Wolf, the new chief
would like to see you.

Okay. That didn't take long.

Good luck.

-It's you?
-It's me.

So this is why you've
been avoiding me?

Yes.

And, Wolf, it's time we talked.