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- I had a car accident,
lost a lot of my memory.

(Richard): Previously, on Doc.

- You have Sonya in line
for chief resident.

And I run circles around her.

- You will each have
your own cases

and you'll critique
each other's work.

(Dr. Rose): You certainly can't
maintain a high stress job.

- Are you okay?

- She has an autoimmune disease
and she's hiding it.

- You weaponized my memory loss.

- I'm so sorry.

- He turned down
the Dixon settlement

and demanded his job back.

I suggest you find
a way to work with him,

because he starts tomorrow.

(woman): Jessica, come help
get ready for dinner.

- The food's not even here yet.

What the hell is taking so long?

- Hey, we don't
speak that way in this house.

- Um, Mom totally does.

Where do you think I learned it?

- I'm giving this guy two stars

if he doesn't get here
in the next 30 seconds.

- Someday you'll have to
get a job, so be nice.

- You get that I might seriously
die of starvation, right?

- The theatrics,
he gets from you.

- Finally, he's here!
He's rolling up!

(courier):
I'm very sorry I'm late.

I'm very, very sorry.

(panting)

- You all right there, pal?

- I'm okay.
And the food is still warm.

Please, I still need five stars.

(panting)

- I think you might need
a doctor.

- I already accepted
another order,

but thank you.

- Are you sure?
'Cause you don't look too good.

Oh, Jesus! Okay!

Listen, I think we need to call
you an ambulance, okay?

- I'm fine.
- Call an ambulance!

- But I have another order.

And I need my bike.
It's unlocked!

- Okay, I'll get
your bike, okay?

I think you need help.
(screaming in pain)

(theme music)

(sighing)

(exhaling deeply)

- Hey.

- Once more unto the breach.

- Just show the people
who you really are and...

they'll come back to you.

(tense music)

(elevator chiming)

(tense music)

(elevator chiming)

- Have fun.

- Richard?

You sent all those texts
after you left.

How sorry you were,

how everything you did
was out of desperation.

How much you wanted
to make it up to me

if I ever gave you the chance.

And then you walked in here
and sold me out.

To get your job back.

(sighing)

- You never answered
any of those texts.

- One mistake
and I am taking you down.

(phone ringing)

- Whoa. What is he doing here?

- Don't you read your emails?
- No.

- I almost brought popcorn.

He's back.

- Dr. Miller, good morning.

I hope you aren't too
discouraged

there was no
welcoming parade or balloons.

(laughing quietly)

- I deserve that.

- That's gracious of you
to acknowledge as much.

- Never thought I'd see
you sitting in that chair.

Or sitting anywhere, really.

- Even the restless spirit

occasionally yearns
for tranquil waters.

- And what's the occasion?

- You failed so spectacularly,
they offered me the moon.

- I made mistakes.

I'm hoping for the chance
to make up for them.

- Actually, you leveraged an
incredibly painful situation

to your advantage,
so you'll forgive me

if the humility rings
a little false.

But feel free to try it on
with the rest of the staff,

see if it plays.

- I've signed all
the paperwork with HR.

May I see patients?

- Your assignments are
at the Nurses' Station.

- Thank you.

- You went into her desk?
- We had no other choice.

And if she needs to keep
syringes in her drawer,

that tells you how acute
her condition must be.

- Okay, but hang on.

She did
an absolutely brilliant job

with Dante and with Charlie.

- The hand tremor was right
after the surgery with Charlie.

And... it was bad.

(sighing heavily)

- I thought Richard coming back

was gonna be
the top story today.

- She's putting
patients at risk, Jake.

- All right, yeah.
I'll talk to her.

- Before she performs
another surgery.

- Yes, Sonya.

You did the right thing
bringing this to me.

Now just get on with your days

and keep this
to yourselves, alright?

- Don't let one doctor's
careless mistake ruin your life.

If you suspect you've been the
victim of malpractice,

One Glick for your M.D. fix.

- Oh my God, and Amy pulled him?

- Oh, you can relax.
I requested you.

- Because I'm the only one
here who doesn't hate you?

- 'Cause you're the best,

even with the head injury,
so I'm told.

- So you and I never
had any run-ins?

- Well, I tried,
but you always kept it tight.

- Morning. Looks like
we're together today.

Sounds like a migraine pattern.

- Yeah, but it's unusual

for it to present
so late in life.

- Maybe just the weight
from a guilty conscience.

- Uh-oh, looks like
we got a hater.

- Well, he's not wrong.

Your job is pretty stressful.

- I keep a pretty
good lid on it.

Spend a week every quarter
at my timeshare in The Keys.

A daily regimen of CBD gummies

and a soak at the naturopathic
spa next door keeps me hummin'.

- Okay, well, we are gonna treat
the symptoms of your headache,

and I'm gonna order a CT

and an MRI, just to be sure.

- One Glick for your M.D. fix.

(chuckling)

- No, he said he would be there.

He works from home.

Call the number I gave you
and he'll give it to you.

(huffing)

- Everything okay?
- It's my cousin.

He's looking for my e-bike.

I had to leave it
when the ambulance came.

- Pretty cold to be out
riding last night.

- I deliver food.
It's how I make money.

If I don't have that bike,
I have nothing.

(porter): Dr. Miller?

- Looks like we're up.
- Okay.

(Richard):
Your blood test indicates

you have chronic kidney failure.

This ultrasound will help us
figure out the problem

and we'll go from there, okay?

- Okay.

(Richard sighing)

- How often do you urinate
on an average day?

- I, uh... try not to.

- Uh... what do you mean?
I don't understand.

- Most restaurants won't
let us use their bathrooms,

even though we're making
half their business.

I have to go out
of my way to find one,

and that means
money out of my pocket.

- So, you don't drink
anything while you're working?

Not water? Nothing?

- I drink a little, but
I try not to take any breaks.

I already got a public urination
ticket for $500,

so now I do not risk it.

- I understand that, but--

- I barely make enough
to live here as it is,

and everything else,
I send to my country

to bring over my family.

My wife and son.

- Hmm. Beautiful.

I'm a father, too.

So, I understand what we
have to do for our families,

but something has to change.

You are dehydrating your body,

and the urine you are making
is pooling in your kidneys

because you're not
relieving yourself.

So, we are going to need to--
(phone ringing)

- Did you get it?

Okay, good! Good.

Bring it here!

No, I need it tonight, Amou!
- Abe.

- Then have Mahad bring it!
- Abe!

- Hold on.

- Forget about
your bike for a second.

You are very sick!

And if you continue this way,

you're going to kill yourself.

- Um, uh...
Matt Damon's best friend.

He just played Batman!
- Ah, Ben Affleck!

- Yup!
- Yeah!

(laughing)

- Uh, Michael, oh my God.
This could only be you.

Okay, it's Danny's favourite
cartoon character.

Uh, they're always
looking around...

There's a--

- Oh! Uh... Dora the Explorer!

- Yes!
(Amy laughing proudly)

- Time, time, time!

(all laughing)

- Nice!

- Dora the Explorer
is not a celebrity!

- No one more famous
in our house.

- How many was that?
Was it nine?

- I counted eight.
- Nine!

- Nine!

(phone ringing)
- Ouch, you're killing us.

(chuckling)

(phone ringing)

- Uh-oh. The hospital.

- I feel like
there's some kind

of telepathy
going on over there.

- We never should have put

the two most competitive
people on a team together.

- We're not winning
by that much.

Oh... yeah, we're winning
by a lot, actually.

- Sorry to host and run,
but I gotta head in.

Mooney's got pleuritic pain
and shortness of breath.

- He's my patient. I'll go.

- No, no, no. You did a double
yesterday, and I'm on call.

- What, are you running
for office?

- Just an incredibly
generous guy.

I'll update you once I'm there.

- Well, now, maybe
the rest of us have a chance.

- Finally.
- New teams!

- New teams.
- Let's go.

- Hey, buddy.

Oh.

- Did you forget that we had
one of our sessions scheduled?

- Morning's just
getting away from me.

Nora's mom was gonna
take Simon today,

but she's under the weather,
so we won't be alone.

- I can forgive the intrusion,
as long as you hand me

this handsome little man
right this instant.

(gasping)

Hey there, you sweet thing!

- I assume Amy told you
about the big revelation.

- About Nora?
Of course.

- You're not ready
to string me up?

- Come on, Michael. I know what
life was like in that house.

- Explains it.
Doesn't excuse it.

- And how are things
with Nora now?

- Over.

- Is that what you want?

- From the moment
Amy looked at me

after her accident,

I think it was inevitable.

- I'm sorry.

- Yeah.

And now she's with Jake.

Isn't she?

- Well, Joan's forbidden it.
- Come on.

I saw them at the funeral.

- You know, Wendy's out of town.
I'm free for dinner.

Maybe after you give this little
guy back to his mama?

- Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great.

- Thought the pain meds were
supposed to kick in by now.

- His head's pounding
and he's burning up.

I'm thinking it's
a raging infection.

We should start ceftriaxone
and vancomycin.

- After a spinal tap.
- A spinal tap?

- I'm concerned that you may
have bacterial meningitis.

- Yeah, but a tap
could go seriously wrong.

- Anything can go
seriously wrong.

But we don't have
to be so thorough.

- For sure,
we could be more risk-averse,

if it'd make you
feel more comfortable.

- Okay, I see your point.

(sighing)
All right. Do the tap.

- Sonya!

- What do you want, Dr. Miller?

- A fair shot at doing my job,

with some measure
of collegiality.

- Look, I know it must be brutal

walking back in here,
but you are radioactive

and I have ambitions of my own.

So, if you wouldn't mind.

- Right. And that...
that was when?

Okay.

Yes, I need to be on that.

And give me a text.

- Hey, um...
I might need to schedule

a patient for surgery later.

I was wondering if
Dr. Ridley was available.

She's not on the board.

Do you want me to book her?
Or ask her?

- Um... no, no.
I can do it if it comes to that.

Can you just let me know
if anything changes?

(sighing)

- I was wondering
how you feel you're lining up

against Dr. Larsen.

- In terms of
the Chief Resident position?

- No, in terms of your
taste in lingerie.

- Right, sorry.

- I had to leave early the day

you were going to
evaluate each other.

- Yeah, um, honestly--

- Oh, whenever anybody
says "honestly,"

it makes me wonder if they
haven't been honest before.

(soft laugh)

- We both did
very well that day,

and it's always difficult

judging an apple
versus an orange.

- And subsequently?

- Well, you've been out.
- At conferences.

- Right.

So I wasn't aware you wanted us

to continue evaluating
each other's work.

- Oh, I thought that was
understood.

I guess I'll have to
talk to Dr. Larsen as well.

- I'm willing to do
whatever it takes.

- Well, that should
go without saying.

In the meantime,

I see you still
haven't completed

all your vascular access
for ultrafiltration procedures.

- Not yet, no.
I haven't had the opportunity.

- Well, it's gonna be
a busy day for you then.

Dr. Miller will oversee.

We can't always like
everyone we work with.

Thanks.

(tense music)

(phone dings)

- All hail the chief.

You spoken to him yet?

- We had words this morning.

Don't plan to make it a habit.

- I snubbed him.

(chuckling)

- I appreciate your loyalty,

but he is an attending
and you're a resident,

you're still gonna
have to work under him.

- So, no short sheeting the beds
next time he's on call?

- The tube runs from

the patient's
vascular access point

and connects to the pump here.

- Okay, got it.

- This is a pump without valves.

- Exactly, yes.

- I studied chemical
engineering in my country.

We use something similar to
handle chemicals like these.

- And let me guess,

your engineering degree
isn't valid here?

- I had an okay life
when I was by myself,

but now that I have a son,

I want him to have a future.

More than me.

You don't appreciate what you
have in this country.

- Well, I'm sure that's true,
but if you want to take care

of your family,
you need to be healthy.

You ready?
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.

(Richard): Okay.

(Abe grunting)

- The local anesthetic should
have taken effect by now.

Can you feel it
if I pinch you here?

- No, it's numb.

- Okay, I'm gonna insert
the needle into your vein now.

- Okay.

(Abe gasping)

What's happening?

(Richard): I think we may
have a complication.

Just try and stay calm, okay?

- O2 stats are dropping.
Lung collapsed.

We need a chest tube set up.

- Abe, it's gonna be okay.
We're gonna fix this.

(Richard): All right.

And how would you

rate your pain level
on a scale from one to ten?

- Oh, probably a six.
- Okay.

- It's nothing compared to what
Sylvia's been going through.

- I'm sorry, who's Sylvia?
- Oh, that's my wife.

She's at home with the shingles.

Dr. Larsen!

- Mr. Mooney. Good to see you.

You can't play Celebrity
with five people.

- O2 sats and blood
pressure dropping.

I just ordered a CT angio.

- Yeah, absolutely.

We gotta get you home to Sylvia.

Ray, can you get him
to Radiology?

- Yeah, of course.

- Somehow I knew
you were gonna come in.

- Oh, I wouldn't have
been able to sleep anyway.

- You might want to
take a look at that.

- You think I care too much?
- I'm not sure that's a thing.

But maybe too hard on yourself.

- That's my fuel, baby.

- As long as you
don't blow yourself up.

(soft music turns tense)

It's okay, you've got this.

(Abe breathing heavily)

(Sonya breathing shakily)

(Sonya):
Okay, I know you're scared,

but we're gonna
take care of this.

Now I'm gonna count to three

and I want you to give me
a deep breath, okay?

One, two, three.

(gasping)

- Oh, I can barely
move my neck now!

I thought you were supposed
to be doing something.

- We are. What we're doing
just is not working yet.

- You probably get off
seeing me like this.

(Amy): No, we don't, Donnie.

We want to make sick
people better.

Even people
who are hostile to us.

- Okay, well, did
you get the results

of my spinal tap yet?

- Yes, it's clean.

Which rules out bacterial,
viral, and parasitic meningitis.

- Okay, so now what?

- My best guess
is autoimmune meningitis.

- What do you mean,
"best guess?"

- After all your years
trying malpractice cases,

you must know that medicine

is more probability
and instinct than widgets.

- Okay, so let's say
this is what I have.

How do you treat it?
- It's autoimmune, which means--

- A heavy dose of steroids.

- That's right, but we're
gonna need your permission

to proceed
with that course of action.

- Well, what are the downsides?

- Could raise
your blood pressure,

heart palpitations
are quite possible.

Hyperglycemia, hypokalemia,

less likely,
but have been reported.

Swelling in the hands and feet,
weight gain,

mood alterations
are all on the docket.

And in rare cases,
seizures and psychosis.

So, it's up to you
if you want to risk it.

- This can't really
be your bedside manner.

- We think it's important that
give you all the information.

- Psychosis is pretty rare.

- Okay. Gimme the steroids.
- I'll go get them.

(Abe grunting)

- I thought I had
a private room.

- Your PPO only gets
you a two banger.

We spend a lot
on malpractice insurance.

It just bumps the rates up
on everything.

(scoffing)

(Abe groaning in pain)

- Okay. Easy, Abe.

Let's see.

Leaking aneurysm in his kidneys.

- Probably his renal artery,

damaged from urine backup.

- Is this because
of what happened before?

- No, no, it has nothing
to do with that.

- Hey, what happened before?

- Call Dr. Ridley,
tell her to prep the OR.

(Abe groaning)

What are you waiting for?
Call her!

Okay, easy does it.

(Abe groaning)

- Oh, hey, um...
- Hey.

- Do you have a second?

- You know, I just got called
in to emergency surgery,

so make it quick.

- Yeah,
it's about that, actually.

So I already talked to Swanson

to see if he was available
to take it instead.

- You mind telling me why?

- Um...

Yeah, so...

I'm afraid that
you might be sick.

- And what would
possibly make you say that?

- People have seen
some troubling things.

- What people? What things?
- It's not important.

- Well, it might be to me
if my Chief Resident

is going to throw around
these kinds of accusations.

- Not an accusation.
Just a concern.

- You think I would be a danger

to my patients after what you
have seen from me recently?

- I'm sorry.

But I think that if you
were in my shoes,

you'd be taking
the same precautions.

- Well, I happen to have
a full plate today anyway.

So, if Swanson wants it,
he can be my guest.

- Okay, thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, no!

- Pulmonary embolism.

- I don't think he could
survive a thrombectomy.

You disagree?

- Well, what would you do?

Bomb him with Heparin?

- And serial ultrasounds
to monitor.

If the clot hasn't
resolved in 12 hours,

we reassess?

- I'd probably be
more aggressive than that,

but it's a coin toss.

It's your call.

- Finally starting to feel
like my old self again.

- Dr. Larsen has
pretty good instincts.

- You are responding
well to the steroids.

Your inflammation's down

and your temperature's
levelling off.

- Hey, too bad

things didn't work out
so well for my roommate.

- Can you just stick to being
a patient for 10 minutes?

- I don't know, man.

He said something was wrong
and then those docs,

they got
all squirrelly about it.

- Uh, Dr. Coleman?

- You guys going into
cover-up mode?

It's not nice to keep secrets!

(monitor beeping)

- This has nothing to do
with the collapsed lung.

And everyone's
bungled a central line.

Everyone.
- I know that.

- Okay, then stop
blaming yourself.

(Richard sighing)

- You weren't there
a few weeks ago.

I was sharing
a patient with Amy.

We fought about what to do.

She was right,
and I refused to listen.

It killed him.

He was 17.

- Well, she's not always right.

And when we make a mistake,

there's only one
thing we can do.

- Lie about it and cover it up?

(sighing)

- Get back on the horse.

Fight another day.

- Your patient's
cousin's outside.

He wants to talk to you.

- What's happening?
Will Abe be okay?

- He's in
the operating room now.

Surgeons are fixing an aneurysm

in one of the arteries that
feeds blood to his kidneys.

- Dr. Maitra?

- I checked your
patient's chart.

You collapsed his lung placing
his ultrafiltration access?

- So, Dr. Ridley got to you.

- What?
What are you talking about?

- We're in a steel-cage death
match for Chief Resident,

now you're looking
at my patient's files?

- No, I'm here
because my patient

is a malpractice lawyer

and he somehow got wind
of your mistake.

- And you're here to--

- To protect you
and the hospital.

And Richard will throw you
under the bus.

So, tell me what happened.

(monitor beeping)

- Damn it,
there goes the ureter.

(machines beeping)

Urine's flooding the field.
I need suction now.

- What do you want to do?

- Well, the field's
contaminated.

I can't risk an infection
with the synthetic graft.

(Mahad): I brought
his bike here.

When do you think he can
start working again?

(Dr. Swanson): Dr. Miller.

- Uh, give me a minute.

- We had some complications.

- There's an issue
with the surgery.

(Richard sighing)

- I secured the aneurysm.
He's stable for now.

- You can't just place the graft

and pump him full
of antibiotics?

- I told you,
it makes more sense

to leave the complex
reconstruction

until he's cooled down.

- For how long?
- A couple weeks.

- No! He can't...

be out of work that long.

- I leave
for vacation tomorrow,

so it'll have to be someone else

if you want it done any sooner.

- So that's why you're punting
the hard part?

- I stepped in
at the last minute here.

It was supposed to be Ridley.

Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'm gonna go close him up.

It's your call how you want
to handle it from here.

- Yeah.

- Is there a problem?

- Abe is stable, okay?

There was a complication.

And we are still trying
to work out the next steps.

So if you could
just wait over there

and just give us a moment
to talk this through, okay?

Thanks, Mahad.

- Why did he say Dr. Ridley

was supposed to do the surgery?

- I had nothing to
do with that change.

And Swanson is usually
pretty reliable.

- No, I'm not blaming you,

I'm just trying to
figure out what happened.

- That malpractice
lawyer is sniffing around.

He knows a mistake
was made earlier,

and now we have
this to deal with.

- Okay, well look, that could
have happened to anyone.

And I was the one supervising

so no matter what happens,
I've got your back.

- All right, down we go.

(knocking, door opens)

- Oh, I didn't know
you had company.

- Oh, finally got him down.
But you don't need to whisper,

we want him to
get used to voices.

- Do you remember how quiet
we tried to be with Katie?

We practically turned her
into a Faberge egg.

- Small kids,
small problems, huh?

- Uh, I wanted to give you
the heads-up

there is a potential perfect
storm brewing downstairs.

- Oh?

- Donnie Glick was
admitted this morning.

- Oh, God. Don't tell me
we misdiagnosed him.

- No. We're treating him
for autoimmune meningitis,

and he's stable, but his
roommate's had some missteps

and I'm afraid Donnie's
going to be sniffing around.

I didn't want you
to get blindsided.

- He's got Max on speed dial,

so I appreciate the heads-up.

- Richard will give you the
complete record

when he's out of surgery.

It's certainly good
to have him back.

- How's that going?

- I told him that I would
nail him to the wall

the first mistake he makes.

- Perfect. I mean, that's the
kind of camaraderie

I've been
trying to foster here.

(baby gurgling)

What was that? 90 seconds?

- May I?

- Oh, sure.
- Hi.

(baby gurgling)

- Here, for the germs.

(baby babbling)

Still got the touch.

(knocking)

Yeah.

- Emil Franklin returned.

Your 4 PM will be able
to meet you here.

- Oh, great. Thanks, Paul.

- Emil Franklin,
the head hunter?

- You know how rocky
things have been.

Just keeping my options open.

- Yeah, I mean, can't blame you
if you're not happy here.

But I don't think the hospital

could stand
losing you right now.

- I appreciate that.

(phone ringing)

I think he's gonna
need some more rocking.

(crying)

- Hey buddy.

- Hey, what's going on?

(TJ): Donnie Glick
just had a seizure.

- Okay. I will be right there.

(TJ): We're missing something.

- What if a sinus infection
broke through to his brain?

- That would've shown
on the spinal tap.

- Not if the bacteria
hadn't reached his brain yet.

You said his nose bled
when he seized?

It's possible that
the steroid treatment

weakened his immune system and--

- And then the bacteria
broke through.

- It could be staph,
it could be strep,

it could be H Flu.

- You know, he is a regular

at a naturopathic spa.

Could be Naegleria Fowleri.

- A brain-eating amoeba?

- You know, sometimes when
there's hoof beats,

it's actually a zebra.

- Don't tell
me I taught you that.

- We should find out
how they treat their water.

- Yes, it was the issue
with his blood clot.

We did everything we could.

I'm...

I'm so sorry, Sylvia.

Okay, we'll be waiting
for you when you get here.

(sighing)

I never should have
come in tonight.

- No,

a thrombectomy
could have killed him.

- Well, you thought
he could handle it.

- Well, maybe I was wrong.

If one more clot was enough
to tip him over,

then he was...

he was so close to the edge.

- You're just
saying that, Richard.

(soft music)

- It was a 50-50 call,

and they were two bad choices.

Sometimes we flip
a coin and we lose.

You know that.

(Richard sighing)

It doesn't get any easier.

We just get stronger.

- Get back on the horse.

- Fight another day.

(Amy sighing)

- We called that spa,

and it turns out they don't
use chlorine in their pools,

which means that they
can become a Petri dish

for bacteria and parasites.

- Who doesn't use
chlorine in 2025?

- They called it a "proprietary
blend of natural cleansers"?

- So, because they rely on

sunshine and rainbows
for their sanitation,

I might have
a parasite in my brain?

- Something in that water
is infecting your brain.

It might be bacterial
or an amoeba.

- An amoeba?

- The nosebleed is why
we think it's an amoeba.

- Look, if we're right,
the steroids sped up

what the amoeba would have
done on its own,

but it may have saved your life

because it exposed it to us.

- Okay. And if you're wrong?

- We have two choices.

We assume it's bacterial

and start a very strong
regimen of antibiotics,

or we can induce hypothermia

to control the inflammation
in your brain

and kill the amoeba.

- You want to freeze me?

- Most doctors wouldn't
even give you this option,

they'd be so afraid
of litigation.

It is a risk, Donnie.

For you and for us.

But our instincts say,
"This is it."

- 93.2 and holding.

- Starting another chilled
bag of saline now.

(monitor beeping)

- 92.8.

92.6.

- EEG is suppressed.

- 91.6. He's within range.

- I'm really sorry, Abe

but there was a complication.

And so we weren't able
to complete the surgery.

- What does that mean?

- You're going to
have to wear a urine bag

until we can remove
the urostomy stent

and place a synthetic graft

and that will complete
the procedure.

- When will that be?

I need to get back to work.

You brought my bike, yeah?

- I brought it.
It's outside the hospital.

- Okay, so when can they fix me?

We have to do this right away.

- We understand that, Abe.

But the surgeon who
started it can't finish

so, just give us some time
to find another solution.

- This is happening
because of the problem

with my lung from before.

- No.

(Sonya): These other problems

are a separate issue,

but unfortunately,

many things have
gone wrong today.

- Uh, sir?

Ranjeet Reddy
is here to see you.

- Oh, damn it. Uh... one sec.

(sniffling)

(groans)

(clearing throat)

Okay, send him in.

Ranjeet!

- Hey.
- It's great to see you again.

How's life treating you
in Rochester?

- Eh, I can't complain.

You know, I was surprised you
wanted to take this meeting

here, but... now I see why.

- Yeah, Nora had a full plate
so I ended up with Simon today.

- Yeah. I heard
you two separated.

- Right. Yeah.

Still working that out.
- Yeah.

So you're interested in

joining the Mayo.

- Well, I'd at least like
to hear about the opening.

- To be honest, Michael,

I don't know if
it would be a good fit.

- If that's the case,
I'm sorry to drag you out here.

- No, I wanted to
tell you myself.

- Well, I appreciate that.

Is it the issues with UNOS?
Or...

- Obviously, that relationship
is very important for us, but...

it's not just that.

You've had the hostage crisis,
the cyber-attacks,

Dixon lawsuit...

- Yeah, had some bad breaks.

- That's one way
to look at it.

- So, you're saying

I'm likely to run into
this issue wherever I go?

- Well, I don't know what your
level of urgency for change is.

- Well, it's pretty high,
Ranjeet.

I mean, you know
what Max is like.

- Yeah, well, suits are suits.

Can't say our guy's much better.

- I get that,
but I think a fresh start--

- Look, Michael,

what I'm trying to say is,

I think you should
lay low for a while.

Give people a chance to put
all this drama in the rearview.

(tense music)

- Sure. Makes sense.

Thanks for the advice.

(anesthesiologist):
He's stable. Respiration 18.

(nurse): We're getting
consistent flow.

(Joan): Thanks for coming.

I didn't want you to
hear it from anyone else.

- I thought we had
an understanding here.

- Dr. Swanson
just tanked a surgery

I could've done
with my eyes closed.

And that got me thinking,
"Who is this resident

walking into my office
with these accusations?"

- They're not accusations--

- Oh, they most certainly
were accusations, Dr. Heller.

Rumours and accusations

from people who
don't have the courage

to step out of the shadows.

- Our only concern,
Joan, is the patients.

- It's Dr. Ridley.

And may I remind you,

I have been far more generous

with my colleagues
than you were today.

Remember? Remember that
illegal shot from Mexico?

And then the ensuing cover-up
between you and your paramour?

You think I haven't seen you
arriving every morning

in perfect formation,
10 minutes apart?

- Okay, so what,
you've just been waiting

for the chance
to play that card?

- It's not a card.
It's not a game.

You make her happy.

Everyone can see that
and she's my friend,

but it is a bit rich.

You walking in here and thinking

you know what's ethical
and what's right.

So I will leave you with this,

I would never
endanger a patient,

and my surgeries
don't have complications.

(tense music swells)

(Joan sighs with exhaustion)

- Dacron graft is in place.
Ureter is fully repaired.

Still looking at about two weeks
before he can be active,

but no urine bag.

- Great work.
Thank you, Dr. Ridley.

- I read his report.

Sounds like you
botched the central line,

never even got
to ultrafiltration.

- His lung collapsed, but--

- But the point is
how she recovered.

She immediately
recognized the problem,

kept the patient calm,

and placed
the chest tube flawlessly.

And he was my procedure,

so if you need to put it
on someone, put it on me.

- No need to martyr yourself
for points, Dr. Miller.

(Sonya sighing)

- That's just her style.
I wouldn't worry.

- It's not that.

What the hell happened?

- She pulled rank.
She did her own thing.

She basically dared me to go
to Dr. Hamda or the board.

- Sounds like that's
what's called for.

- And drag you and TJ into this?
No way. I'm not gonna do that.

And I'm not letting either one
of you do that behind my back,

so just don't even
think about it.

- I mean, she did operate
on my patient today

and did a good job.

Again.

So maybe we were wrong
and we should wait.

- I don't... I don't know.
I don't know right now.

Just get it out of your heads
and let me deal with it.

- That doesn't feel good, man.

- Hey, Liz, can you, uh...
just give us a minute?

Hey, look, you did
everything you could do.

All right? I mean it.

- Well, sorry we
got you into this.

- No, you did the right thing.

Just let it go.

- Feeling better?

(exhaling loudly)

- My head still hurts,
but nothing compared to before.

Did you get it?
- We got it.

Your brain is intact.

(exhaling with relief)

So, listen, I know
I'm not the guy

you wanted to stick
your neck out for,

and you think
I'm kind of a scumbag,

so I should probably tell you,

uh, this is the second time

I've almost died in a hospital.

First time I was 26,
back in law school.

I went in for a routine
abdominal procedure.

Doctor nicked an artery,
sewed me right up.

For the next three days,
I had so much stomach pain,

I thought I was gonna faint.

They gave me pain meds,
anti-nausea meds,

kept telling me it was normal,

even after I started
throwing up like crazy.

They made all kinds of excuses.

Day four, I was in sepsis

in the ICU.

The whole nine yards.

My parents were there,

thinking they're
going to lose me.

The hospital never
took responsibility.

I didn't have any money

to hire a lawyer
so that was that.

No justice.

No consequences
for the doctors.

Everything just
swept under the rug.

So...

that's why I do what I do.

- You don't tell that story
in your commercials.

- I don't trade on my trauma.

But this is personal for me.

- I'm sorry that
happened to you.

And I understand that
what you do is necessary.

But maybe you could look
a little more closely

at who you go after.

- I'll leave Dr. Maitra
alone as a gesture.

- You wouldn't win
that one, Donnie.

It would just be frivolous

and good people would get hurt,
that's my point.

- Well, I'll think about that.

But you answer me this.

You know any doctors
who've gotten away

with stuff they shouldn't have?

- We will figure something out.
- But what?

- I understand how hard it is to
be separated from your family,

but you need to find a way to
take care of your health.

- I'm sorry to interrupt,
but I might be able to help.

What would you say to
joining Westside Hospital

as a porter?

- What is that?

- All these people that you see

doing things like making beds,

delivering meals,
moving patients around.

They're porters.

- And they would hire me?
Just like that?

- I just got off the phone with
the head of the department.

If you want it,

the job's yours
as soon as you're recovered.

They've got a union, benefits.

And maybe once you get
your family over here,

you can go to night school

and get that degree
in chemical engineering.

I bet you'd do it
in half the time,

since you already studied
in your home country.

- I don't know what to say,
Doctor Miller.

Thank you... so much.

- I'll have someone come by
with the paperwork

in the next day or two.

- Yes!

- Hey.

That was pretty amazing,
what you just did.

- Sadly, it was pretty easy.

He just had to end up here

and come across somebody
in a position to help.

- I also appreciate what you did
for me today with Joan.

I just hope you did it
for the right reasons.

(sighing softly)

(elevator chiming)

(Richard sighing)

- I can catch the next one.

- It's fine.

(soft music)

- I heard you've been getting
some of your memories back.

I really do hope
you get them all.

(soft music continues)

(elevator chimes)

(sighing)

- So Richard's back?
That's new.

- Please, don't get me started.

- It kind of seems
like Max isn't valuing

your opinion much these days.

- Oh, ya think?

- Well, I mean, at least you get
to take your paternity leave

at the office now.

- One of the perks

of being abandoned by your wife

and disenfranchised
by your boss,

plenty of nap time.

- I gotta say...

he is really cute, though.

I mean, it's almost enough

to make a girl think twice
about her life choices.

- Come on. Really?

- I mean, that'd be a long shot,

but it was really nice
seeing you back in that mode.

It always suited you.

(sighing)

- I don't know.

- What?

- It's something
Amy said yesterday.

She thinks I've changed,
but I don't want to admit it.

- Of course you've changed.
- I mean for the worse.

- I think you've become
more vigilant.

And operating more
from a place of fear.

But that's to be expected,

given everything
you've been through.

- Well, I don't
want that anymore.

- Is that why you had
the guy from the Mayo

in your office today?
- You heard about that?

- With everything
you've got going on,

Katie going off to school,

I'm pretty sure you're staring
a midlife crisis

squarely in the face
right about now.

- Okay, maybe not a Porsche,

but feels like
it's gonna be time

for a bachelor pad
and a fresh start.

Maybe I'll get back to my roots,

start tending bar again.

(laughing)

- You'd have
the ladies

lining up to
tell you their problems.

- That's all I need.
- Oh, Dr. Hamda!

(both chuckling)

Listen, I say let it rip.

The chips will fall
where they may.

- To letting it rip.

- Mmm, and a Porsche.

(tense music)

- Are you staking out
my doorway?

- We have to talk about Joan.

(dramatic music)

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