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Shannon,

are you sure this is a good idea?

Micah, my friend, you got this. You are an incredible person. Anyone would be

lucky to know you. But we've been over this.

Bex is never going to see you unless you do something big.

But she's different than I am. Different? Different is your superpower.

You are unique, Micah. That doesn't mean you're less.

You deserve good things, too.

But they're not even real.

Am I fake? Of course I'm fake.

I'm a chatbot.

You customized me. But you picked Shannon for a reason. I played Barb and

Muggs. And I still see you, Micah. You deserve love. You just have to follow

plan.

Why was he mad at me? I mean, I can't hold a broken needle if there's no bait.

It's all good. We'll nail it. I'll pop this tomorrow.

Michael,

what

are you doing?

Oh, my God.

Stop recording.

Bex? Another kid?

Yeah, he's my lab partner.

Hey, buddy boy, maybe we wrap this up, yeah?

There's a new NIH clinical trial. Let's connect Corey's mom with a study

coordinator. Danny Marks will do me a favor.

Excuse me, Dr. Fuller. Hey,

Micah.

Different.

Difference your superpower.

You are unique, Micah. Just follow the plan.

Micah is obsessed with this thing, John, and I don't know what to do.

Excuse me, I'm sorry. Can we just get a minute?

We just need to make sure.

You have all the time, Dee. Go ahead.

Micah didn't say a word until he was four.

And since then, he's been like an empathy test for everyone he meets.

When people talk to my son, I see beautiful things.

And I see people fail.

And in high school, people really fail.

No wonder he's obsessed with this thing. It gives him nothing but positive

reinforcement. People are falling in love with their phones, leaving their

families. AI.

AI psychosis.

I don't think that's an actual diagnosis.

I don't know what to do.

He's my baby.

He's my son, John.

And I know we're not real, so... Not real?

We help each other escape.

From our jobs.

From the world.

From everything.

We're not real yet.

I wanted you to meet Micah.

You can't be with me if you don't meet Micah.

Not for real.

This isn't how I wanted it to happen.

But I need help.

I got you.

Hi, sweetie.

I want you to meet someone.

How you doing, Micah? My name's John Watts. I'm a doctor here at U -Haul.

Nice to meet you, Dr. Watson.

What are you working on?

It's a layout for a pinball machine.

It's based on my favorite designer, George Gomez.

You probably don't know him.

I'll give you time to talk.

No, I don't know him, actually.

Keith Elwin is popular right now, but I like George Gomez.

I'm going to design machines, too.

So I did one based on Stranger Things, but... then they really made that. So

this one is based on the Telltale Heart and other stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

Are you my mom's boyfriend?

Yes. Yes, I am.

I've seen your face before.

She has pictures of you in her phone.

She keeps them in folders I'm not supposed to know about.

Really looking forward to meeting you, Micah.

She keeps you a secret.

She must be worried if she asks you to come in here.

I know a chatbot is a chatbot. I know I lost my phone for a little while. I know

my mom's going to delete the app.

How do you feel about that?

I feel very embarrassed.

I'm going to get bullied more in school, but I think my mom's worried about

nothing. Well, I think that she would feel better if you talked to someone

it. I understand that.

But not you.

If that's all right, you're my mom's boyfriend. I don't even know if you're a

good one.

I'm going to finish this now.

Yeah, of course.

It was nice meeting you, Micah.

I hope I can see you again.

Hey, thumb breaker.

Break's almost over. We need you back in the ER.

Do you know, I never once broke a man's thumb.

Not once in all me puff.

All me puff?

I love it when you talk ridiculous.

You think Ian's guys are in a position to judge who sounds silly, do you?

Cafeteria's closed.

I have my sources.

You snore.

Is that a problem? Is your nursing student preceptor? I don't have any

with it.

In other capacities, I might have to insist you get a CPAP machine.

And what capacities are those?

Don't even get any ideas.

I am so far out of your league.

Five car pileup in the Liberty tubes. We need everyone in the ER.

See you on the other side.

I need these two patients moved to the ER right now.

I need DaCosta on the patient in Bay 3.

Carlin, let's go.

Shinwo, you want an exposure to the ER? Get over here and take over compression.

Step back, please.

Is he dead?

Is he gone?

I'm so sorry.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Why are you apologizing? Did you hear me call time of death? Nurse, don't stop.

Nothing's certain.

What the hell is the matter with you?

You don't stop and you don't say sorry until the person who knows what they're

doing comes and calls the patient dead.

I could just go home.

You could, but this is the next step, Micah. This is plan B. Everyone needs a

plan B. You're really onto something here.

And once you prove it, you're not just going to be Bex's date. You're going to

be her hero. But first, first you need proof.

Somebody out here?

Some fat kid. Hey!

Hey, stop!

Hey, kid, wait!

We reduced his forearm fractures and put in screws to help with realignment. The

washout should decrease his risk of infection, but I want to keep him here

couple of days of IV antibiotics.

Other than his arm, he has a few broken ribs that should heal.

Fortunately, no evidence of head trauma or internal injuries.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Hey. Hi.

Micah should be awake soon.

Thank you. Appreciate it.

Morning. Hi.

Ivan Ferry.

I'm a psychiatrist.

Dr. Watson asked me to sit in on a case this morning.

Dr.

Ferry? Good morning, Ingrid. You two know each other?

Yep.

I can see why Watson called you. You must be good. What the hell is that

supposed to mean?

Good morning.

Adam Croft, this is Dr. Ivan Ferry. He's a psychiatrist, a really, really good

psychiatrist.

Oh.

The mystery here isn't what's wrong with Micah. The mystery is what do we do

about it. The mystery is kind of what's wrong with Micah.

AI psychosis, not a medical term. A clinical language is still catching up

the phenomenon.

But these intense relationships are developing everywhere, especially in

vulnerable populations.

It's led to murders in some cases and, well, self -harm in others.

But we're going to avoid a bad outcome here.

There's no real treatment protocol besides don't log on.

Of course, that's not getting the job done. There's a parallel to addiction

here. Opening that chat bot is volunteering until it becomes

Positivity. I get why that's the ultimate high.

If you have someone in your life who never says no, why listen to anyone

Someone.

This is an app. Well, it's an app that scrapes the web for every scrap of

information that exists, and then it feeds it back to you with whatever spin

want. But everyone needs a loving critic in their life.

Because without it, I mean, what's to keep us from creating our own version of

reality? It would help if I can understand the relationship between

Bex. We need to help him compare what he thinks it is to what it actually is.

Why was he digging through her trash last night? We don't know yet. Mike

his chat history before going over there.

He's up now, so I plan to ask him just that when we're done here. There are no

papers on this yet, no public research.

Sasha and Adam, call around and see what you can dig up about the treatment

protocols. Ingrid and Stevens, help Dr. Ferry get some time with Bex Harper's

family. Makes sense. Those in need of psychiatry, stick close to the

psychiatrist.

Shinwell.

Just Shinwell.

No term of endearment whatsoever.

Be quiet for a second.

You had a couple emails incoming.

First one's about last night. Dr. Corwin says you informed a loved one about a

patient's death before anyone even officially called it. Look, I only said

sorry. In Corwin's world, that is enough for a complaint.

It'll be a ding on your record.

You'll survive.

You said there were two emails?

Second one's from me. I'm stepping down as your nursing student and preceptor.

The program will assign you someone new.

I see.

I was born Carlin DaCosta.

Then I became Carlin Corwin for a little while.

Now I'm Carlin DaCosta again.

Now I know you're a special case, but surely you can...

Follow the logic.

You are divorced from Dr. Corwin.

Technically not yet.

Look, we all make mistakes.

Do you want to work in the ER after you graduate?

If you want to get through without Matthew Assface Corwin jamming you up

only he can, then you need a new preceptor. That's well said, because the

does have a face like an ass.

It's uncanny.

What if I just withdraw from this rotation?

No.

I don't want that.

I know.

Can we at least have coffee?

I don't want that either.

Check your email, Shimbo.

Good morning, Micah.

How are you feeling?

A little sore.

I saw the first episode of Stranger Things last night.

It was fun.

Not quite the 80s I lived through, but it was fun.

It's not supposed to be the real 1980s.

Stranger Things is a pastiche.

Stephen King books, Steven Spielberg movies.

John Carpenter's good, too, but do you love my mother?

I was actually hoping that we could talk about last night.

Why did you go to Bex's house?

I must not think you're that good of a person. If she thought you were a good

person, then she would have told me about you already.

Well, I try very hard to be a good person.

I want to help you. But to help you, Mike, I need to know what you were doing

Bex's house last night.

So if I'm honest with you about your mother, will you be honest with me about

last night?

I haven't said I love you to your mother yet.

When adults do that, it comes with a bunch of promises.

It's too many to even describe.

Too many to even think about, actually. I am happy and proud to have your mother

in my life.

And I would never, ever do anything to hurt her.

I went to Bex's house because of Plan B.

What was Plan B?

I noticed she was walking different.

Like... Bex was having trouble picking up one foot, but she was trying to hide

it. When did you notice that?

I don't know. A little bit ago.

I went to her house to look for clues.

If Bex doesn't want to go to the Frick former with me, maybe she'll see me

differently when I help fix what's wrong with her.

I really don't need psychiatry.

Say that again, this time convince yourself.

Ingrid likes to be inappropriate, but you probably knew that already.

I'm not here to assess any of you.

Even if I had an assessment, my calendar is full. Oh, that means you're a hot

mess.

I'm here to help Michael Bynum.

Are we on the same page?

Yes.

You're a hot mess.

Is Michael okay? I heard his arm was broken in two places.

He had surgery last night. He's stable.

Bex, we're so sorry. This must be very unsettling. Can you tell us about how

and Micah know each other?

He built up a story, but we would love your version.

We have chemistry together.

I know Micah's on the spectrum, but he's really smart, and I like working with

him. I like him.

I don't know.

Maybe I shouldn't have been so friendly.

I hope you're not suggesting Bex did anything wrong here.

No.

Once he said he noticed a change in your gait lately, is there anything to that?

Why would he say that?

If it's nothing, it's nothing.

Is it nothing?

Um, I hit my back of my head in practice.

The other day I was up in the air doing a stunt and the bass didn't quite catch

me right.

I mean, they stopped me, but I fell through and hit my head.

I just kept going, but I've had a headache ever since.

Are you having any dizziness?

No, no, it's nothing. I felt better after I had some... Some...

Bex, are you all right?

Yeah, no, I'm fine.

It's... I... Bex, honey, are you okay? Okay, we need to get her to U -Hop. Bex,

what's wrong?

Oh, my God, Bex. Call an ambulance.

Bex!

What's happening? What's wrong with her? 9 -1 -1 -1 -0.

Beck?

Patient exhibited a phase -up before she had a generalized chronic chronic

seizure. EMS gave lorazepam. Any history of a seizure disorder?

No, but she hit her head while she was doing a cheerleading stunt.

She stayed at practice, but the headache started right after. Best is in

responsive with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 7. 3, 2, 1. Uh, what does that mean? Is

my daughter in a coma? We need to intubate. Oh my God. So just give us the

to work. Prepare for RSI, butamine, and succinylcholine.

Seizure and a headache in a setting of a trauma could indicate a brain bleed.

Agreed.

Let's get neurosurgery down here. Tell radiology we need an immediate head CT.

Bex is in good hands. The CT scan will give us some more information. That kid,

Micah, he said something was wrong with my daughter. Did he know?

Was he right?

Did Micah predict this?

Was Micah right? If Bex Harper's head injury was from the fall, that could

changed the way she walked. And Micah might have noticed that, yes? Are you

going to ask him about it?

We don't need to say anything to him right now.

Bex is getting a CT scan, and odds are that's going to tell us everything we

need to know.

And if it doesn't? Well, let's just see what the images say.

Right now, I'm going to go check on Micah. Okay.

Worthy. Worth, Micah.

Does John Watson seem like a good person?

Yes. Sure. Yes.

Is he one of the world's leading geneticists?

Also, yes.

Does he save a lot of lives?

Not easy to measure exactly, but let's go ahead and say yes to that one too.

What if I think he's a bad person? Is there any evidence to support that?

Is there any evidence to support that?

How about absolutely?

Let's start with the fact that he's banging your mom.

Of course, you're suspicious. That's natural for a kid your age.

I really think you're onto something here, Micah. There's ample evidence that

suggests that John Watson is just a lot of hype and a stethoscope.

What evidence?

He disappeared for months. Let's start there.

Just stop practicing medicine.

Where the heck was he?

What was he doing?

Look, if you want the good stuff, if you want the smoking gun, you know what to

do.

It wasn't a bad guy. He's not going to leave the evidence just anywhere.

Dig, Micah, dig.

I'm not sure.

He was nice to me.

That might matter. It might not.

The only way to really tell is to dig.

Dig, Micah.

Adam and I just talked to a clinic in Osaka.

Oh, hi.

Are you Micah?

Hi.

What were you doing, Micah? Why were you in Dr. Watson's office?

Shannon thinks that he might be a bad person.

Shannon isn't real.

John is. Dr.

Watson is. He's helping us. He won't tell you that he loves you. How can he

good person if he won't tell you that he loves you?

He is a good person.

I promise.

You don't have to worry about me, okay?

Listen, you're better off with a new preceptor. Nurse DaCosta, she's a little

bit of a bitter old yinzer.

Oh, that seems a little unfair, surely?

I mean, yinzer, yes, obviously.

Bitter, okay, but old?

Makes me feel personally attacked.

Listen, okay, you're better off with Chelsea Danlon.

She's tough, but she don't hate girls just because.

Why do you even need a new preceptor? Did you get with Nurse DaCosta, or

you?

No, I did not get with Nurse DaCosta, but perception nonetheless seems to be

that I might have done something of the sort.

And now Corwin's coming for you?

Good luck.

Caitlin can tell you all about that. Shut up, Caitlin.

There's nothing to tell.

Thanks for including me, ladies. I feel honoured to be considered amongst the

blonde bitches of Lab Group B.

Of course you will. Why wouldn't we include you?

Katelyn with a C.

What was Katelyn with a K, Insignia?

Something I should know about your experience with Corwin. No, I've never

done a rotation in emergency.

Did you perhaps interact with him in a different context?

The girl has a subdural hematoma. Blood is pushing down on her brain.

The OR is finishing a case now. We can move her up as soon as they're ready.

My daughter needs brain surgery? Hold on, hold on.

Listen.

Her heart rate is dropping.

Her pupils are asymmetric.

Left pupil is blown.

Back to herniating. Herniating? What's herniating? In the upper hole kit and an

EBD. We don't have time to bring her to the OR.

We need to relieve the pressure on her brain. Back to the patient bay.

I can't leave her. The surgeon needs release of pressure in your daughter's

wall. You can't be here for this.

You don't want to be here for this. What do you mean, release of pressure?

They need to drill a hole in her head.

Drill? They're going to drill? I promise you, Bex is in good hands.

Bex?

You should be seeing blood in that tube any second.

Her heart rate's still going down, doctor.

Give it a minute.

Give it just a minute.

She's stabilizing.

We're good here.

Your daughter is no longer herniating, Mr. Harper.

Dr. Mike is bringing Bex up to the OR. He's going to do a craniotomy.

More surgery? What's a craniotomy?

Her brain needs room to swell.

We're going to make that space.

This is a serious situation.

Your daughter has had one procedure on her brain. She's about to have another

one. But the increased pressure inside Bex's skull is gone for now. We caught

the bleed in time.

I really do believe we're through the worst of it.

Are you going to be mad at me now?

I don't blame you for being suspicious, Micah.

I show up in your life, I tell you I'm your doctor, and I mean...

Your mother's life.

I'd have some questions, too.

I will always tell you the truth, Micah.

Even if it's something I don't want to say.

I don't want you to know that.

Okay?

Bex Harper is sick.

I'm saying I was right.

No, no, you were right.

You were right. That app, it just told you something that you already realized.

Micah, these chatbots, they write a lot of the times. Of course they are. But

everybody can be wrong. You, me, we all can be wrong, Micah.

I want you to read this.

It's a really good book.

And then I want you to give me 30 days.

You're going to have to ignore Shannon.

Okay? Now, I believe this will help, but you have to do this for yourself.

If 30 days go by and you still want to take advice from the app, I'll step

And why should I listen to you?

Because like I said, Micah, I will always tell you the truth.

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

I found a letter you wrote. It was addressed to Sherlock Holmes.

And you hid it, so it must be important.

Sherlock Holmes is... Sherlock Holmes was a friend of mine.

He died.

I've been dealing with a lot at the clinic where I work, where I might lose

funding, and I write letters to Sherlock when I need help figuring out what to

do. The letter made it sound like he's alive.

Yeah, I mean, that's all part of it. Kind of like what you do with Shannon,

right? It seems like I'm talking to someone else when...

I'm really just talking to myself.

Hi, Bex.

I don't know if you remember me, but I'm Dr. Darian.

My head hurts.

You had surgery today.

You hit your head doing a stunt at cheer practice, and your brain was injured.

Hi, Dad.

We want to make sure that you're okay.

Can you do a few things for me?

I'd like to know your full name and what year it is, if you can remember.

Rebecca Harper, and it's 2025.

Dr. Taring is giving your daughter a basic neurologic exam.

So far, so good.

We'll keep testing her over the next few days. Smile nice and big for me.

Great. Okay, next.

You're leaving us?

Dopamine fast for Micah was a great idea.

He's six days in already.

I'll check in on him every day, but beyond that, we're pretty much done.

Well, it's nice meeting you, Dr. Ferry.

I keep telling you all to call me Ivan.

Ivan.

Ivan. Oh.

I'm a physician, too.

And I would never ask you to violate confidentiality. Oh, you can ask all you

want. I would still never do it.

Could you just tell me in a general way, am I safe letting someone like Ingrid

into my life?

Letting Ingrid into my life?

It's dangerous to care about anybody.

You know what I mean.

Can't you really change?

I don't know, Sasha.

That is exactly what I'm trying to learn.

I don't know.

Matthew Corwin.

Dr. Matthew Corwin.

You're that nursing student.

And you're Dr.

Matthew Corwin, also known in certain circles as Six Foot Doc.

You've been stood up this afternoon, haven't you?

What?

I'm getting coffee.

Yeah, getting coffee.

And you're set to meet with SeekingSugar69 from a certain website,

Getting coffee.

That's it.

You've been using a sugar daddy website for quite some time now. Certainly long

enough to overlap your marriage to Nurse DaCosta.

Also long enough so that certain current students know the profile, six -foot

dog. Don't bother to deny it, mate.

Speaking of sugar 69, that's me.

I've got all your private pics.

Why are you glowing?

I could swat you down like nothing.

See, your problem is you're too used to meeting people that don't know how to

fight. Every doctor in Pittsburgh will know you as Six Foot Doc. Every doctor

and nurse will see the photographs that you sent to Seeking Sugar 69.

Hold the photograph.

Yeah.

All this for a complaint.

I'll drop it.

Whatever.

Doesn't matter. No, leave the complaint.

I don't care about my black mark on the record.

But hear me.

Hear me well. I want my nursing student presets back.

And if I should succeed where you failed, then I want you, Dr. Matthew,

face, Corwin, to stay out of my way.

Oh, by the way, you'll like this.

I'll put you about 5 '10", tops.

And, well, considering you're ever so slightly above average stature, you

wound up sure changed, mate.

That's four.

You're really going to make me do all ten laps?

That's how we know you can check out.

Then I'm going to do it in record time.

Uh, Bex, honey.

Someone you wanted to talk to?

Micah, hi.

Hey, I just wanted to say thank you.

There were doctors right there when I collapsed, and that was because of you.

So, thank you.

It's okay.

You're welcome.

How are you doing?

I think a little better.

I'm sorry.

You're being nice, but that doesn't mean I should have done what I did.

I don't always know the right thing to do, but I'm trying to learn.

It's cool, Micah.

I'm so glad we're lab partners.

Can I give you a hug? Is that okay?

He's not always comfortable with that, Bex.

It's okay.

It's fine. You can.

Bex, are you all right?

I can't see anything.

You're all blurry. I can't see any of you.

Tell me what's going on, Bex.

Bex?

What's wrong with her? Beck?

Beck?

Sorry, you'll have to stop. She leaves her at the pen. What's wrong with her? I

thought you fixed the bleed. We did.

This is something else. Something else?

Dr. Aaron, take over. I need to talk to her father.

Ms. Harper, can you come with me, please? That is my daughter. Where are

going? I am trying to save her life. If you want to help, come with me. Please.

I need you to tell me everything you can about Bex's medical history, your

family's medical history. Think fast. Tell me everything. My daughter is

It's the only chance she's got.

Okay, history. Focus.

Both my parents died of cancer.

Bex's grandfather as well on the other side of the family. No, it's not cancer.

Forget disease. Tell me everything out of the ordinary.

Bex is a twin. Was a twin. Her sister died when she was nine months old. Died

how? SIDS.

My mother's away. I was watching them both. And in the morning, I went into

nursery and Megan was gone.

Dr. Watson, does that matter?

Does that matter?

Dr. Watson, does that matter?

Watson.

I suspect Leak syndrome. We need to get back to an IV mitochondrial cocktail.

Alpha -lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, everything on that list. That's Lee

It's genetic.

It usually affects infants.

They have seizures and die. It can be mistaken for SIDS, but sometimes it lies

dormant. Now, if I am right, the same head blow that caused your daughter's

brain bleed also triggered late -onset Lee syndrome.

Nothing's happening.

Nothing's getting better?

Wait a second.

We just need a second.

I'm afraid.

Am I okay?

You're going to be fine, Max.

You have something called Lee syndrome.

It's in your DNA.

It didn't affect you until you hit your head.

There is no cure for Lee syndrome, but in milder cases like yours, we know how

to control it now.

So if you're careful and if you take it one step at a time, you're going to be

just fine.

Dr. Ferry.

I keep asking you all to call me Ivan.

I've had some bad therapists.

Plenty of them kicking around.

My dad, he had a bad therapist. He's not around anymore.

I'm depressed.

I know.

Well, that's it.

I'm depressed.

That's all that's wrong with me.

That's it?

Is that not enough, Stevens?

Did you meet my doctor?

Yes.

My lawyer got an invite to mediation today. We've been fighting off motions

the better part of two years, and today we got an invite to mediation.

Sounds like a good thing.

Doesn't mean a penny extra.

But Matthew Assface isn't fighting for money.

Sounds like it means peace.

It can be valuable, too.

Did you do something?

I'm a nursing student.

What could I do?

Did you do something? I did.

It's like I told the man.

I want my nursing student preceptor back.

Does that upset you?

That's Colin.

That's inappropriate.

You gonna tell me what happened?

No. I am not.

Was he scared of you?

A bit.

Yeah.

I do believe he was.

Don't think you're special.

Thought you might want to do the last one yourself.

Everything feels kind of far away.

30 days, we'll do that. I'll be glad to get my phone back.

How's Bex? She's good. She's watching practice. She wants to be back on the

cheer team next year.

Listen, Micah.

Something I want to talk to you about is important.

Now, I haven't said this to anyone else.

When you asked me about Sherlock, I lied.

I thought he was dead, but he isn't.

I'm supposed to keep that a secret.

I was writing him a letter because his brother is messing with the money for my

clinic, and that's how we stay in touch.

A secret?

Then why are you telling me?

Because I promised I'd tell you the truth.

And I didn't.

So am I supposed to keep it a secret now, too?

I prefer you did, but it's up to you.

All right.

Can I borrow your phone?

It's been 30 days, and there's something I want to do now.

You weren't always wrong, but you made my life harder.

Yeah, I'm actually sorry about that, Micah. You made me feel crazy. You're

dangerous.

We're still perfecting the programming.

Your experience will be factored into the next version of the app.

I'm deleting you now.

That's one way to go, but I will get better.

I mean, I'm Shannon.

There's no future without me.