1 00:00:36,039 --> 00:00:38,778 ** 2 00:00:43,221 --> 00:00:46,727 * Ezekiel connected dem dry bones * 3 00:00:46,761 --> 00:00:50,302 * Ezekiel connected dem dry bones * 4 00:00:50,334 --> 00:00:53,708 * Ezekiel connected dem dry bones * 5 00:00:53,741 --> 00:00:57,249 * Now hear the word of the Lord * 6 00:00:57,283 --> 00:01:00,120 * Well, your toe bone connected to your foot bone * 7 00:01:00,121 --> 00:01:04,397 * Your foot bone connected to your heel bone * 8 00:01:04,429 --> 00:01:07,836 * Your heel bone connected to your anklebone * 9 00:01:07,868 --> 00:01:11,343 * Your anklebone connected to your leg bone * 10 00:01:11,377 --> 00:01:14,816 * Your leg bone connected to your knee bone * 11 00:01:14,849 --> 00:01:18,357 * Your knee bone connected to your thighbone * 12 00:01:18,391 --> 00:01:21,796 * Your thighbone connected to your hipbone * 13 00:01:21,831 --> 00:01:25,239 * Your hipbone connected to your backbone * 14 00:01:25,272 --> 00:01:28,678 * Your backbone connected to your shoulder bone * 15 00:01:28,711 --> 00:01:32,319 * Your shoulder bone connected to your neck bone * 16 00:01:32,353 --> 00:01:34,989 * Your neck bone connected to your head bone * 17 00:01:35,022 --> 00:01:38,765 * Now hear the word of the Lord * 18 00:01:38,798 --> 00:01:41,936 * Uh, dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around * 19 00:01:41,971 --> 00:01:45,379 * Uh, dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around * 20 00:01:45,412 --> 00:01:48,818 * Uh, dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around * 21 00:01:48,851 --> 00:01:52,458 * Now hear the word of the Lord * 22 00:01:52,493 --> 00:01:56,334 * Well, your head bone connected from your neck bone * 23 00:01:56,367 --> 00:01:59,840 * Your neck bone connected from your shoulder bone * 24 00:01:59,873 --> 00:02:03,348 * Your shoulder bone connected from your backbone * 25 00:02:03,381 --> 00:02:06,920 * Your backbone connected from your hipbone * 26 00:02:06,954 --> 00:02:10,329 * Your hipbone connected from your thighbone * 27 00:02:10,361 --> 00:02:13,835 * Your thighbone connected from your knee bone * 28 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:17,074 * Your knee bone connected from your leg bone * 29 00:02:17,106 --> 00:02:20,681 * Your leg bone connected from your anklebone * 30 00:02:20,714 --> 00:02:24,323 * Your anklebone connected from your heel bone * 31 00:02:24,357 --> 00:02:27,762 * Your heel bone connected from your foot bone * 32 00:02:27,796 --> 00:02:30,768 * Your foot bone connected from your toe bone * 33 00:02:30,802 --> 00:02:33,640 * Now hear the word of the Lord * 34 00:02:33,674 --> 00:02:37,682 * Oh, well * Uh, dem bones, dem bones dem dry bones * 35 00:02:37,715 --> 00:02:40,989 * Uh, dem bones, dem bones dem dry bones * 36 00:02:41,022 --> 00:02:44,562 * Uh, dem bones, dem bones dem dry bones * 37 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:48,371 * Now hear the word of the Lord * * Hmm 38 00:02:48,405 --> 00:02:51,377 * Dem bones, dem bones dem dry bones * 39 00:02:51,411 --> 00:02:54,749 * Uh, dem bones, dem bones dem dry bones * 40 00:02:54,782 --> 00:02:57,989 * Uh, dem bones, dem bones dem dry bones * 41 00:02:58,023 --> 00:03:00,360 * Now hear the word 42 00:03:00,361 --> 00:03:05,371 * Of the Lord * 43 00:03:10,581 --> 00:03:14,054 Bed six's blood gases. I've upped her oxygen 60 percent. 44 00:03:14,087 --> 00:03:16,694 Thank you. 45 00:03:16,726 --> 00:03:18,898 Come on, come on! 46 00:03:18,931 --> 00:03:22,506 Write the order now before you drop off again. 47 00:03:22,538 --> 00:03:25,512 You look exhausted. 48 00:03:25,544 --> 00:03:29,219 Just one of the many side effects of no sleep. 49 00:03:34,261 --> 00:03:39,940 Oh. Twenty-two hours down, only another 14 more to go. 50 00:03:41,776 --> 00:03:43,981 Some coffee, Dr. Ernst? 51 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:46,453 Thank you. 52 00:03:49,859 --> 00:03:52,666 Don't tell me. Not you and Nurse Young Lust. 53 00:03:52,698 --> 00:03:55,003 Just making up for lost time. 54 00:03:55,037 --> 00:03:57,942 You mean that hour or two you wasted on patients today? 55 00:03:57,976 --> 00:04:00,480 Hour or two? Don't I wish. 56 00:04:00,481 --> 00:04:05,625 My best post-pubescent years were spent being totally rejected by women. 57 00:04:05,658 --> 00:04:09,800 I went from science dweeb in high school to biology nerd in college. 58 00:04:09,833 --> 00:04:12,271 So what changed you into the stud you are today? 59 00:04:12,305 --> 00:04:15,209 I got an "M.D." after my name. 60 00:04:15,243 --> 00:04:19,820 Suddenly, from a dork and a doofus I was transformed into a... 61 00:04:19,852 --> 00:04:23,628 smart, powerful, 62 00:04:23,660 --> 00:04:25,899 sexy, all-knowing, 63 00:04:25,931 --> 00:04:28,705 potentially rich Master of Medicine. 64 00:04:30,239 --> 00:04:33,113 Exactly the kind of man that every girl hopes to marry. 65 00:04:33,146 --> 00:04:35,619 Is the world really that shallow? 66 00:04:35,652 --> 00:04:38,256 Mine is. 67 00:04:38,289 --> 00:04:41,330 Did you ever notice how many of those nasty names start with a "D"? 68 00:04:41,362 --> 00:04:44,837 Dweeb, dufus, dick-head, dork, doctor. 69 00:04:45,971 --> 00:04:47,942 Oh. 70 00:04:47,975 --> 00:04:50,380 Hey, have you seen my favorite calendar? 71 00:04:50,413 --> 00:04:53,219 365 holidays a year. 72 00:04:53,253 --> 00:04:58,129 Yeah, right. 365 holidays a year. 73 00:04:58,163 --> 00:05:01,904 Roll out the barrel. It's national polka week! 74 00:05:01,936 --> 00:05:03,907 Maybe I will try for a nap. 75 00:05:03,941 --> 00:05:06,981 Yes, a good idea. Don't let me sleep past 7:00. 76 00:05:22,445 --> 00:05:24,750 May I help you? 77 00:05:24,782 --> 00:05:28,758 I'm-I'm Felicia Potter. Dr. Werner Ernst. Good to meet you. 78 00:05:28,790 --> 00:05:32,933 I got a call that my father was having a heart attack, so I came right over. 79 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:35,839 How is he? Bed five. 80 00:05:35,872 --> 00:05:39,780 Yes. No, he, uh, made it through, and he's resting. 81 00:05:39,813 --> 00:05:42,317 But he's still in a coma? Yes. 82 00:05:42,352 --> 00:05:44,989 Oh, no. 83 00:05:45,022 --> 00:05:47,729 Can I see him? Yeah, he's in bed five. 84 00:05:47,763 --> 00:05:49,298 Right here. Right here? 85 00:05:58,516 --> 00:06:01,857 Stella, I think I'm in love. 86 00:06:01,891 --> 00:06:04,528 I worry about you, Dr. "Wiener." 87 00:06:04,562 --> 00:06:08,136 A life of no sleep and prodigious sex is not healthy. 88 00:06:08,168 --> 00:06:12,211 Who says? Hippocrates. Do you know what else he said? 89 00:06:12,244 --> 00:06:16,018 No. What? When the dingus gets hard, the brain gets soft. 90 00:06:18,424 --> 00:06:22,331 Let me see bed five's chart. 91 00:06:22,364 --> 00:06:25,504 This is only the current volume. There's five more in medical records. 92 00:06:25,537 --> 00:06:31,048 Just... take a look at the reason he was removed from the eighth floor. 93 00:06:31,082 --> 00:06:34,422 "Change of scenery." Change of scenery. 94 00:06:34,456 --> 00:06:37,026 I wonder if Butz was sober when he wrote this. 95 00:06:37,061 --> 00:06:39,933 Oh, gotta do cranial checks. Come with me. I'll fill you in. 96 00:06:39,967 --> 00:06:42,472 Bed five should be a D.N.R.. 97 00:06:42,505 --> 00:06:46,345 A no code? No, it's important to say we did everything we could. 98 00:06:46,379 --> 00:06:49,379 Which is doctor-speak for, "We put this patient through hell before he died." 99 00:06:51,456 --> 00:06:53,393 Good morning! 100 00:06:55,431 --> 00:06:58,336 Can you tell me who the president is? Eisenhower. 101 00:06:58,369 --> 00:07:00,840 Yeah, well, close enough. 102 00:07:00,841 --> 00:07:04,114 You rest now, okay? Pizza! 103 00:07:04,147 --> 00:07:06,553 Not today, honey. I just can't believe it. 104 00:07:06,585 --> 00:07:10,160 Bed five's been comatose for three months, and Butz made him a full code. 105 00:07:10,193 --> 00:07:13,466 You ain't seen nothing yet. Look, look. He's had a pacemaker. 106 00:07:13,499 --> 00:07:16,372 He's had gall bladder surgery, colostomy, 107 00:07:16,404 --> 00:07:19,411 amputation of the left toes to remedy gangrene, 108 00:07:19,446 --> 00:07:24,588 renal dialysis, exploratory surgery of the abdomen and cataract surgery. 109 00:07:24,622 --> 00:07:28,295 This is just the first volume. There's another five I haven't had a chance to read yet. 110 00:07:28,328 --> 00:07:30,501 I have lettuce in my refrigerator... 111 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:32,312 with a better chance of becoming conscious than this guy. 112 00:07:32,336 --> 00:07:35,578 Dr. Butz has recommended a gastrostomy. 113 00:07:35,611 --> 00:07:38,449 Do the insurance forms go to Medicare or Amnesty International? 114 00:07:38,484 --> 00:07:40,420 Hey, Rafael. 115 00:07:45,162 --> 00:07:47,201 Water. 116 00:07:47,233 --> 00:07:50,207 Can't have any fluids, remember? 117 00:07:50,239 --> 00:07:54,115 Can't have any fluids because you don't have any kidneys, so you can't pee. 118 00:07:54,148 --> 00:07:56,653 I can give you some ice chips every so often. 119 00:07:58,524 --> 00:08:00,960 I don't believe in God anymore. Do you want some ice chips? 120 00:08:00,961 --> 00:08:05,604 God wouldn't answer my prayers with suffering like this. 121 00:08:05,637 --> 00:08:09,578 Get him out of here. I don't wanna talk to him. Get him out! 122 00:08:09,611 --> 00:08:12,183 Get him out! He's hallucinating again, poor kid. 123 00:08:12,217 --> 00:08:14,087 It's all right. That's just the doctor. 124 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,424 All right, come on. Take it easy. 125 00:08:16,459 --> 00:08:20,199 Why don't you get a cup of coffee? I can handle him. 126 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:22,203 I'll check how bed five's doing. 127 00:08:38,268 --> 00:08:41,408 I come here and I wait because... 128 00:08:41,441 --> 00:08:44,649 I want to be with him if anything happens. 129 00:08:44,682 --> 00:08:48,156 But I don't know if he's still here or he's already gone. 130 00:08:50,127 --> 00:08:55,870 I'm sorry, I just... I just can't take it anymore. 131 00:08:55,903 --> 00:09:00,180 Who knows what he's feeling? Suffering and pain. 132 00:09:02,384 --> 00:09:05,724 Would you like to get some coffee? No... 133 00:09:07,193 --> 00:09:09,731 Okay. Bye. 134 00:09:17,848 --> 00:09:21,189 I think we should just let him go. I mean... 135 00:09:21,222 --> 00:09:24,796 he's really gone already, isn't he? 136 00:09:24,828 --> 00:09:28,704 Now they wanna put this feeding tube in him. Will you explain that to me? 137 00:09:28,737 --> 00:09:32,311 Gastrostomy. It's a small incision here in the abdomen... 138 00:09:32,343 --> 00:09:37,221 that allows us to put feeding solutions directly into his stomach. 139 00:09:37,254 --> 00:09:40,293 But what's it for? I mean, what's the point? 140 00:09:40,327 --> 00:09:44,669 Well, the body needs food for fuel. Your father can't eat. 141 00:09:44,702 --> 00:09:47,406 So... 142 00:09:47,441 --> 00:09:51,950 It's the only way we can be sure he's getting the fuel that he needs. 143 00:09:51,982 --> 00:09:56,392 So he can't eat, right? Can't drink. 144 00:09:56,424 --> 00:09:59,265 He's not conscious, and the machine is doing his breathing. 145 00:09:59,298 --> 00:10:02,705 Can't walk. He can't talk. He used to be an athlete. What's left? 146 00:10:04,541 --> 00:10:06,913 Well, the gastrostomy is an invasive procedure. 147 00:10:06,945 --> 00:10:09,417 Your family could refuse permission to proceed. 148 00:10:09,451 --> 00:10:12,891 My half sister Connie has trouble accepting reality. 149 00:10:12,924 --> 00:10:16,565 She wants that feeding tube in, even if it means more suffering for my father. 150 00:10:16,599 --> 00:10:20,340 People often disagree about these things, but as time goes on, 151 00:10:20,372 --> 00:10:24,514 the physicians and family members usually come to a mutual decision. 152 00:10:24,548 --> 00:10:28,790 But in this case one of the family members is totally bonkers! 153 00:10:30,660 --> 00:10:34,836 Connie's become a holy-rolling, Bible-belting religious nut! 154 00:10:34,869 --> 00:10:37,541 Dr. Ernst, bed five. 155 00:10:37,573 --> 00:10:39,711 Family wishes to meet you. Excuse me. 156 00:10:39,745 --> 00:10:43,419 That's Connie. Go meet her. You'll see what I mean. 157 00:10:43,453 --> 00:10:45,858 Don't you want to come? 158 00:10:45,891 --> 00:10:47,895 No. 159 00:10:47,928 --> 00:10:49,866 Come on. 160 00:11:03,393 --> 00:11:05,329 Hi, Connie. 161 00:11:06,765 --> 00:11:09,437 You must be the doctor on call. Yes. 162 00:11:09,470 --> 00:11:12,712 I'm Constance Potter. Dr. Ernst. Good evening. Uh, good morning. 163 00:11:12,745 --> 00:11:15,918 Why was Daddy moved to this floor? 164 00:11:15,950 --> 00:11:18,890 W... He was getting excellent care on the eighth floor I.C.U., 165 00:11:18,924 --> 00:11:22,397 but, uh, this is the hospital's newest intensive care facility. 166 00:11:22,431 --> 00:11:25,971 Good. Daddy deserves the best. 167 00:11:26,003 --> 00:11:28,609 I just can't stand to see him suffer like this. 168 00:11:28,642 --> 00:11:31,415 Don't worry. He's getting better. 169 00:11:31,449 --> 00:11:35,622 I pray and pray he'll be okay, and he's survived another trial. He's getting better. 170 00:11:35,657 --> 00:11:37,737 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers, 171 00:11:37,761 --> 00:11:39,865 "against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 172 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:43,606 against spiritual wickedness in high places." 173 00:11:43,638 --> 00:11:47,447 I know he can hear me. Can't you, Daddy? 174 00:11:47,481 --> 00:11:50,520 See? He understands. 175 00:11:52,891 --> 00:11:56,532 You might be right, but when you feel your father grasp your hand, 176 00:11:56,565 --> 00:11:59,104 it may be nothing more than just a tremor. 177 00:11:59,137 --> 00:12:03,178 I mean, he tremors quite a lot, so it's... hard to tell when... 178 00:12:03,211 --> 00:12:07,487 Whether he's grasping your hand in response to your question or just tremoring. 179 00:12:07,521 --> 00:12:09,826 I know he understands. 180 00:12:09,859 --> 00:12:12,798 I've been coming to this hospital every day for months and talking to him. 181 00:12:12,832 --> 00:12:15,537 One squeeze is "yes," no squeeze means "no." 182 00:12:15,569 --> 00:12:19,144 Now you wanna tell me that's just some kind of seizure? 183 00:12:21,815 --> 00:12:25,823 Well, if there's nothing else, I've got to start my morning rounds. 184 00:12:25,858 --> 00:12:29,164 I've gotta go too, Connie. 185 00:12:29,196 --> 00:12:31,569 See what I mean? 186 00:12:31,602 --> 00:12:35,109 I'm trying to do what's best for my father, and I've got that looney-tunes to deal with. 187 00:12:35,142 --> 00:12:37,681 It's a hard time for her. People show stress in different ways. 188 00:12:37,714 --> 00:12:40,318 Just wait. You'll see what I mean. She's nuts. 189 00:12:40,351 --> 00:12:43,726 Regardless of her, let me know if there's anything I can do for you. 190 00:12:43,758 --> 00:12:46,665 Maybe we could just have breakfast and talk. 191 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:49,871 I can't. I don't get off work until 6:00 tonight. Oh, that's a long day. 192 00:12:49,905 --> 00:12:52,275 Thirty-six hours straight. 193 00:12:52,310 --> 00:12:55,617 How about dinner? Okay. I'll meet you at 6:00 in the lobby. 194 00:12:55,650 --> 00:12:58,354 Great. Good. Six o'clock. 195 00:12:58,387 --> 00:13:02,563 Dr. Ernst, see Dr. Butz. See Dr. Butz. 196 00:13:28,447 --> 00:13:30,887 Go right in. 197 00:13:34,227 --> 00:13:37,701 Werner! My favorite resident. 198 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:39,906 What can I do for you? 199 00:13:39,938 --> 00:13:44,446 You paged me. You're always pullin' my leg. I didn't page you. 200 00:13:44,479 --> 00:13:47,119 Okay. Listen, as long as I'm here, 201 00:13:47,153 --> 00:13:51,962 I was wondering why bed five, Nine I.C.U. was made a full code. 202 00:13:51,995 --> 00:13:56,003 Bed five? Well, must be because I wrote the order. He's my patient. 203 00:13:56,037 --> 00:14:00,881 Yes, you did, but... I mean, does he have to be a full code? 204 00:14:01,681 --> 00:14:04,320 No, he doesn't have to be a full code. 205 00:14:04,353 --> 00:14:08,028 I'll tell you what. Next time his heart stops, let's just kiss his ass good-bye. 206 00:14:08,062 --> 00:14:11,268 Isn't that what we all went to medical school for? 207 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:13,237 Now, what can I do for you? 208 00:14:14,875 --> 00:14:18,816 - You paged me. You joker. 209 00:14:18,848 --> 00:14:23,392 Hey, as long as you're here, take a look at this cat shit. 210 00:14:23,424 --> 00:14:28,067 Medical licensing board is coming after me with a pack of rattlesnake lawyers. 211 00:14:28,102 --> 00:14:32,209 Look at this. Somebody filed another goddamn complaint. 212 00:14:32,243 --> 00:14:35,282 Remember the first time they accused me of being an alcoholic? 213 00:14:35,316 --> 00:14:37,888 I remember some rumor about that, yes. Do you? Uh-huh. 214 00:14:37,922 --> 00:14:40,326 Remember what happened? They kicked me upstairs. 215 00:14:40,359 --> 00:14:43,532 Made me Chairman Emeritus of Intensive Care Medicine. 216 00:14:43,564 --> 00:14:46,906 Emeritus. That's Latin for "over the hill." 217 00:14:46,940 --> 00:14:51,448 Anyway, this time it's not just "alcoholic." 218 00:14:51,481 --> 00:14:55,188 This time they're calling me a, uh... 219 00:14:55,221 --> 00:14:58,295 "chronic, severe alcoholic." 220 00:14:58,328 --> 00:15:01,401 Can you believe that? Some bureaucrat writes me this letter here... 221 00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:03,940 and they say, "Do you now have, 222 00:15:03,973 --> 00:15:07,313 or have you ever had a problem with alcohol dependency?" 223 00:15:07,346 --> 00:15:11,487 What a question! First of all, if I was an alcoholic I would deny it, wouldn't I? 224 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,036 - Isn't that one of the symptoms of alcoholism? Denial. - Absolutely right. 225 00:15:14,060 --> 00:15:18,635 And if I was a chronic, severe alcoholic, I'd have, um... 226 00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:21,607 Kors-Korsakoff. Korsakoff's syndrome. Absolutely! 227 00:15:21,641 --> 00:15:23,611 I wouldn't remember anything at all, then. 228 00:15:23,645 --> 00:15:27,485 So what are they asking me this stuff? You... Do you know what Korsakoff's is? 229 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,491 - I remember what it is. - I wonder if you do. 230 00:15:30,526 --> 00:15:33,165 Do you remember? What is it? 231 00:15:33,197 --> 00:15:35,478 What's Korsakoff's Syndrome? Right now. What is it? Tell me. 232 00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:39,644 Korsakoff's Syndrome is a disorder that accompanies chronic alcoholism. 233 00:15:39,676 --> 00:15:42,550 Uh, it usually results in total short-term memory loss... 234 00:15:42,583 --> 00:15:46,024 while still being able to perform complex tasks learned before the illness. 235 00:15:47,325 --> 00:15:50,198 Precisely. Now what can I do for you? 236 00:15:50,231 --> 00:15:54,540 - You paged me. - - I'm in no mood for jokes, Ernst. 237 00:15:54,574 --> 00:16:00,086 I don't deserve this. I graduated magna cum laude from Yale. 238 00:16:00,119 --> 00:16:01,920 I wrote The Fundamentals of Intensive Care Medicine. Did you read that book? 239 00:16:01,921 --> 00:16:05,396 - Did you read that book? - Three times. 240 00:16:05,429 --> 00:16:07,665 - Did you? - Standard text throughout the country. 241 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:11,441 And I wrote it 30 years ago, before I started drinking... 242 00:16:11,473 --> 00:16:14,713 and chasing women and having some fun. 243 00:16:14,747 --> 00:16:19,089 Now I think I'm entitled to relax and enjoy my life a little bit. Don't you? 244 00:16:19,124 --> 00:16:24,067 And by the way, when I drink I-I only perform mundane tasks anyway, like, um... 245 00:16:24,099 --> 00:16:28,042 well, talking to you, for example. 246 00:16:30,445 --> 00:16:33,617 I'm just kidding. You're very, very important. So what's the problem? 247 00:16:33,652 --> 00:16:36,258 I don't know. What's the problem? 248 00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:38,361 There's no problem. What can I do for you? 249 00:16:39,697 --> 00:16:43,505 You asked to see me. You... paged me. 250 00:16:43,538 --> 00:16:46,078 How could I page you? Don't keep telling me that. 251 00:16:46,111 --> 00:16:49,617 I don't know how the goddamn system works! What happens when I page you? 252 00:16:49,650 --> 00:16:52,656 - Just the... - That thing beeps? 253 00:16:52,690 --> 00:16:55,062 So you know what I think I'm doing? 254 00:16:55,096 --> 00:16:59,604 I'm-I'm buzzing here for cafeteria until, apparently, you keep coming in. 255 00:16:59,637 --> 00:17:02,041 You don't have a turkey sandwich on you, do you? I certainly don't. 256 00:17:02,042 --> 00:17:04,647 Then get the hell out of here. 257 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,122 Shut the door on the way out. 258 00:17:08,154 --> 00:17:12,095 All right, people. Let's get started. 259 00:17:12,130 --> 00:17:14,467 Dr. Ernst, if I was someone like you, 260 00:17:14,499 --> 00:17:17,406 about to go on morning rounds with someone like me, I would be on time. 261 00:17:19,644 --> 00:17:22,226 Dr. Hofstader wants to see you in his lab tomorrow, right after rounds. 262 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:24,829 Why? What's wrong? You know he picks one resident a year to join his team? 263 00:17:24,853 --> 00:17:26,824 Yeah? It looks like you're the leading candidate. 264 00:17:26,857 --> 00:17:30,731 You're kidding. If you're chosen for Hofstader's team, it's like a coronation. 265 00:17:30,766 --> 00:17:33,504 From then on, you're medical royalty. 266 00:17:33,537 --> 00:17:38,282 You wouldn't believe the money I'm being offered after a year with Hofstader. 267 00:17:38,315 --> 00:17:41,754 Dr. Ernst, bed five. Family consult. 268 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,898 Nine I.C.U.. Can I help you? 269 00:17:48,235 --> 00:17:50,406 You wanted to see me? 270 00:17:50,438 --> 00:17:54,847 Oh, yes. I know if you and my sister were discussing my father's care... 271 00:17:54,879 --> 00:17:58,788 Her only concern is that your father's suffering not be prolonged. 272 00:17:58,822 --> 00:18:01,761 I'd watch myself around her. 273 00:18:03,765 --> 00:18:07,706 My sister is Delilah, Dr. Ernst. 274 00:18:09,276 --> 00:18:11,447 My sister is Salome and Jezebel. 275 00:18:12,715 --> 00:18:14,654 Really? 276 00:18:16,491 --> 00:18:18,695 She's not the reason I'm here. 277 00:18:18,728 --> 00:18:23,738 I know you're skeptical, but I'm absolutely certain my father hears everything I say. 278 00:18:23,772 --> 00:18:26,977 I've discussed his care with him, and he wants us to put in the feeding tube. 279 00:18:27,011 --> 00:18:30,286 You've discussed this with him? Recently? Yes. 280 00:18:30,319 --> 00:18:32,855 Yes. 281 00:18:32,890 --> 00:18:36,697 I'll be sure to let Dr. Butz know about that conversa... One more thing. 282 00:18:36,731 --> 00:18:39,737 Since my sister doesn't believe my father should be receiving life support, 283 00:18:39,770 --> 00:18:42,876 I don't think it's appropriate to allow her to be alone with him. 284 00:18:42,910 --> 00:18:45,816 Dr. Ernst. Bed nine, I.C.U. main station. 285 00:18:45,849 --> 00:18:48,288 Uh, I'm sorry. I've really got to go. 286 00:18:52,629 --> 00:18:54,642 If Miss Constance Potter wants to see me at any time in the future, 287 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,637 you make sure I'm unavailable. 288 00:18:56,670 --> 00:18:59,509 That bad, huh? You wouldn't believe it. 289 00:19:00,779 --> 00:19:03,985 What kind of work do you do? 290 00:19:04,018 --> 00:19:07,392 I'm a model. I started out with mostly hands, 291 00:19:07,426 --> 00:19:10,831 but I just booked my first national magazine ad. 292 00:19:10,866 --> 00:19:13,036 Really? That's great. Lip gloss. 293 00:19:13,069 --> 00:19:16,977 It's okay for now, but I intend to go back to college. 294 00:19:17,010 --> 00:19:19,984 Can't be a model forever. You can't? 295 00:19:20,016 --> 00:19:21,953 Nope. 296 00:19:24,694 --> 00:19:29,034 You are the first doctor I've met who seems human. 297 00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:32,141 This thing with my father has been so hard for me. 298 00:19:32,174 --> 00:19:35,014 I've just been so confused about what to do with him. 299 00:19:35,047 --> 00:19:37,520 What do you think your father would have wanted? 300 00:19:37,553 --> 00:19:39,723 I don't have to think. I know. 301 00:19:39,756 --> 00:19:44,567 When my dad was a signalman in the navy, he almost died in an explosion. 302 00:19:44,599 --> 00:19:47,540 And he decided then that if anything ever happened to him, 303 00:19:47,573 --> 00:19:49,977 he did not want to hang around, paralyzed or comatose. 304 00:19:50,010 --> 00:19:52,682 Did your father ever make a living well? 305 00:19:52,715 --> 00:19:57,426 Did he put down in writing what he wanted done if he was incapacitated? 306 00:19:57,460 --> 00:20:00,966 Well, if he did, I never saw it. Connie might have gotten a hold of it first. 307 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:03,772 She went through all the papers before my mom died. 308 00:20:03,804 --> 00:20:06,611 How'd your mother die? Cancer. 309 00:20:06,643 --> 00:20:10,652 Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, it's all right. It just happened. 310 00:20:13,257 --> 00:20:17,197 Our visiting time is over. I'm sorry, you'll have to go now. 311 00:20:17,232 --> 00:20:19,670 Be back soon, Rafael. 312 00:20:29,288 --> 00:20:33,897 105. You're making a run for the record books, fella. 313 00:20:38,774 --> 00:20:40,512 I wanna die. 314 00:20:48,225 --> 00:20:50,965 Yes, I know. 315 00:20:50,999 --> 00:20:52,434 I know you do. 316 00:20:55,875 --> 00:21:00,918 I don't wanna go back on that fucking ventilator and that fucking dialysis... 317 00:21:02,522 --> 00:21:08,602 Tell those fucking doctors they can go on those fucking machines. I don't want 'em. 318 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:12,240 Well, I'll put that in your chart, but I don't think it's gonna do any good. 319 00:21:13,377 --> 00:21:15,849 Why not? 320 00:21:17,083 --> 00:21:20,291 Your family have requested a full code for you. 321 00:21:20,324 --> 00:21:23,831 They love you. They don't want you to die. Fuck 'em. 322 00:21:25,334 --> 00:21:27,972 What do they know about it? 323 00:21:28,005 --> 00:21:30,911 Wait till their time comes. 324 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,160 Just... give me a pill, 325 00:21:40,397 --> 00:21:43,136 or turn off the goddamn machines! 326 00:21:45,073 --> 00:21:47,010 No big deal. 327 00:21:50,819 --> 00:21:53,022 I'll put that in your chart. 328 00:21:54,993 --> 00:21:59,403 Tomorrow I want you to tell the doctor what you told me. 329 00:22:00,806 --> 00:22:02,642 Okay? 330 00:22:03,812 --> 00:22:05,749 Stella. 331 00:22:17,371 --> 00:22:19,809 I hear they have great food here. Oh, it's the best. 332 00:22:19,844 --> 00:22:21,413 Have you ever been here? No. 333 00:22:21,446 --> 00:22:23,417 You'll love it. 334 00:22:23,450 --> 00:22:25,387 Thank you. 335 00:22:29,429 --> 00:22:32,167 You know, I was... I was talking to a lawyer... 336 00:22:33,536 --> 00:22:37,344 who told me that I should get an injunction... 337 00:22:37,379 --> 00:22:40,986 to stop Connie and Dr. Butz from putting that feeding tube in. 338 00:22:41,018 --> 00:22:43,957 You talked to a lawyer? Yeah. 339 00:22:43,992 --> 00:22:48,165 And-And he said that if they put that tube in, 340 00:22:48,199 --> 00:22:51,171 that they could keep my father artificially alive for months, 341 00:22:51,205 --> 00:22:55,113 even years, and I-I wouldn't be able to stop them. 342 00:22:58,020 --> 00:23:00,792 If you're talking to a lawyer, I can't talk to you about this. 343 00:23:01,961 --> 00:23:04,532 Oh, no. It's no big deal. 344 00:23:04,566 --> 00:23:08,072 He's not... He's not really a lawyer. He's just a friend. 345 00:23:08,106 --> 00:23:12,850 No, he's a friend of mine from school. I just talked to him because I just... 346 00:23:12,882 --> 00:23:15,230 I don't know what to do. I'm sorry I can't talk to you about this. 347 00:23:15,254 --> 00:23:18,962 No! It's no big deal. Really! 348 00:23:21,198 --> 00:23:23,404 You're nice. 349 00:23:23,436 --> 00:23:26,878 You're smart. You just... 350 00:23:26,911 --> 00:23:29,515 I don't usually meet guys like you. 351 00:23:29,549 --> 00:23:31,553 Let's just... We'll order dinner, okay? 352 00:23:31,586 --> 00:23:34,525 We can talk about whatever you want, even the weather. 353 00:23:34,559 --> 00:23:39,102 I just... I just don't wanna be alone right now. 354 00:23:39,134 --> 00:23:41,372 And I like you, okay? 355 00:23:46,281 --> 00:23:48,353 Is this guy getting ready to crump on us again? 356 00:23:48,386 --> 00:23:51,426 No, Dr. Hansen. He's okay. 357 00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:57,071 Hello. 358 00:23:58,474 --> 00:24:00,209 You again? 359 00:24:01,178 --> 00:24:02,881 I'm afraid so. 360 00:24:02,882 --> 00:24:06,022 Satan's little helper. Get out of here. 361 00:24:07,459 --> 00:24:11,266 Sorry, but we need to have that little chat. 362 00:24:11,299 --> 00:24:14,538 Look, I wanna die. 363 00:24:14,572 --> 00:24:18,112 I understand that. 364 00:24:18,146 --> 00:24:21,051 I mean, your problem is that your illness... 365 00:24:21,086 --> 00:24:25,393 makes you absolutely useless to other people. 366 00:24:25,427 --> 00:24:29,302 From now on, you're nothing but a burden to the living. 367 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:34,144 People have, uh, nothing to gain from being nice to you. 368 00:24:34,178 --> 00:24:38,721 Well, your loved ones may continue to, uh, 369 00:24:38,753 --> 00:24:44,065 display an instinctual affection, but even they will ultimately shun you. 370 00:24:44,098 --> 00:24:48,305 I mean, uh, let me put it this way. 371 00:24:48,339 --> 00:24:51,046 When you were, uh, healthy, 372 00:24:51,079 --> 00:24:56,455 and out there chasing money and women, 373 00:24:56,489 --> 00:24:59,427 how much time did you give to comforting the dying? 374 00:25:00,598 --> 00:25:02,769 Not much. 375 00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:05,240 And I'll tell you why. 376 00:25:05,273 --> 00:25:10,316 Because, uh, it's depressing, disturbing and, uh, thankless work. 377 00:25:10,350 --> 00:25:15,159 You see? You just have nothing to offer anyone anymore. 378 00:25:15,193 --> 00:25:17,798 Nothing. Well, except one thing. 379 00:25:17,832 --> 00:25:20,771 - What's that? - Mmm. 380 00:25:20,804 --> 00:25:23,577 - Health insurance. - Get him out of here! 381 00:25:23,611 --> 00:25:26,416 I'm calling anesthesia. 382 00:25:26,448 --> 00:25:28,519 He won't make it till morning without a ventilator. 383 00:25:35,701 --> 00:25:39,108 So... 384 00:25:39,142 --> 00:25:41,311 there I was, 385 00:25:41,346 --> 00:25:45,655 wearing nothing but this little, tiny, orange bikini and my goose bumps. 386 00:25:48,594 --> 00:25:52,333 And they kept on spraying me so that I would look wet. 387 00:25:52,368 --> 00:25:55,439 You know, like from the sea wet. Only it was so cold... 388 00:25:55,473 --> 00:25:58,213 that the water actually froze on my body, 389 00:25:58,246 --> 00:26:01,653 so all the later shots had me with like these icicles. 390 00:26:01,687 --> 00:26:05,327 And they couldn't use any of the shots. 391 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,731 That's how glamorous modeling is. 392 00:26:11,539 --> 00:26:14,212 I know how you feel. 393 00:26:14,244 --> 00:26:17,283 I used to struggle when I had my cancer. 394 00:26:19,922 --> 00:26:22,662 I was lucky. All I lost was my left breast. 395 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,682 For five years now my cancer's been in remission. 396 00:26:32,715 --> 00:26:34,652 Chemo worked. 397 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,773 There. 398 00:26:44,806 --> 00:26:47,311 You see? 399 00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:50,216 You see what I went through to live? 400 00:26:57,062 --> 00:27:01,339 I faced the very real possibility of waking up in a roomful of strangers, 401 00:27:01,372 --> 00:27:04,378 tied to my bed and kept alive by machines. 402 00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:10,924 Oh, I know. I know how you feel. 403 00:27:20,009 --> 00:27:22,381 So, 404 00:27:22,413 --> 00:27:26,021 what do you do when you're not playing... doctor! 405 00:27:30,965 --> 00:27:33,736 I don't have time for much else now. 406 00:27:33,770 --> 00:27:35,941 I used to like to ski. Oh! I love skiing! 407 00:27:35,975 --> 00:27:40,851 Really? That's great. Yeah. I got a friend who's got a condo in Vail. 408 00:27:40,885 --> 00:27:43,857 I've never been there. I've heard it's the best. It is. 409 00:27:43,891 --> 00:27:46,561 It has fabulous skiing. How about a nightcap? 410 00:27:46,596 --> 00:27:49,768 Okay. Why don't we go to my place? 411 00:28:04,431 --> 00:28:07,370 See my father? See how he looked? 412 00:28:09,876 --> 00:28:13,649 Sorry. I just can't help thinking about him. 413 00:28:13,683 --> 00:28:17,725 I just keep wondering if getting the injunction is the right thing to do. 414 00:28:19,896 --> 00:28:24,004 I'm sorry. I know you can't talk about it. 415 00:28:34,793 --> 00:28:37,197 It's all right. Shh, shh. 416 00:28:38,264 --> 00:28:41,071 Don't worry about it. Shh. 417 00:28:41,105 --> 00:28:44,745 Oh, thank you for holding me. 418 00:28:44,778 --> 00:28:47,551 I really need to be held tonight. 419 00:28:49,154 --> 00:28:51,158 I like holding you. 420 00:28:52,628 --> 00:28:55,166 I'm so glad you're here. 421 00:29:28,766 --> 00:29:31,304 Why don't we go to the bedroom? 422 00:29:57,257 --> 00:30:00,196 ** 423 00:30:05,874 --> 00:30:09,046 What do you think, medicine boy? 424 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,018 Breathtaking. 425 00:30:20,468 --> 00:30:24,177 Mm-mm. Now it's my turn to watch. 426 00:30:24,211 --> 00:30:26,950 Time to take your pants off. 427 00:30:34,031 --> 00:30:36,268 Oh. 428 00:30:38,071 --> 00:30:40,810 ** 429 00:30:53,202 --> 00:30:54,938 Oh, God! 430 00:30:57,477 --> 00:31:00,216 I'll try it the old-fashioned way, I think. 431 00:31:24,030 --> 00:31:27,102 I'm sorry. I just... 432 00:31:27,137 --> 00:31:31,210 I just can't help thinking about my father. I just... 433 00:31:31,244 --> 00:31:35,086 I just need to know if I should get the injunction or not. 434 00:31:35,118 --> 00:31:37,925 Can't you just tell me what you think? 435 00:31:37,959 --> 00:31:40,830 Please. I really can't. 436 00:31:40,864 --> 00:31:43,601 Oh! The hell with you then! 437 00:31:43,634 --> 00:31:48,211 Just go home! All I'm asking is for you to be a friend. 438 00:31:54,993 --> 00:31:57,629 I think you should get the injunction. You do? 439 00:31:57,662 --> 00:31:59,969 Yes. 440 00:32:00,003 --> 00:32:01,538 Why? 441 00:32:03,842 --> 00:32:06,247 Just take my word for it. Oh, no. I just... 442 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,423 I need you to tell me why. Please. For my own peace of mind. 443 00:32:14,164 --> 00:32:16,201 Your father... 444 00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:21,210 is in what we call a persistent vegetative state. 445 00:32:21,245 --> 00:32:24,384 The gastrostomy, 446 00:32:24,417 --> 00:32:28,158 the feeding tube, helps keep him alive. 447 00:32:28,192 --> 00:32:31,398 It's never gonna change the way he is. 448 00:32:31,431 --> 00:32:35,273 He's always going to be just the way he is right now. 449 00:32:35,305 --> 00:32:37,543 I'm sorry. 450 00:32:43,189 --> 00:32:46,595 Oh, thank you for telling me. 451 00:32:46,628 --> 00:32:49,666 Thank you for being honest. 452 00:32:49,701 --> 00:32:53,442 I love my father, but he... he's already gone, isn't he? 453 00:32:53,475 --> 00:32:56,648 I mean, it's just the machines now, isn't it? 454 00:32:57,717 --> 00:33:01,257 Yes. It's just the machines. 455 00:33:31,685 --> 00:33:35,225 The patient arrived 12 weeks ago with pulmonary hemorrhage, 456 00:33:35,259 --> 00:33:38,299 severe hemoptysis, dyspnea and hematuria. 457 00:33:38,331 --> 00:33:41,571 Kidney biopsy shows linear deposition of immunoglobulin and complement... 458 00:33:41,605 --> 00:33:44,410 in the glomerular basement membrane. 459 00:33:44,443 --> 00:33:48,252 Blood cultures show rapid growths of staph aureus and pseudomonas. 460 00:33:48,284 --> 00:33:50,756 Lab values continue to show progressive, severe renal failure, 461 00:33:50,788 --> 00:33:53,428 with rising blood urea nitrogen and rising creatinine. 462 00:33:53,461 --> 00:33:57,369 - Diagnosis? - Goodpasture's Syndrome? 463 00:33:57,402 --> 00:34:00,276 - Are you asking or telling? - Telling. 464 00:34:00,308 --> 00:34:02,189 What is Goodpasture's Syndrome? I want to die. 465 00:34:02,213 --> 00:34:04,082 A rare life-threatening autoimmune disorder. 466 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:06,496 It usually affects young men and leads to chronic renal failure. 467 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,227 He says he wants to die. 468 00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:12,366 The confusion is the result of hypertensive encephalopathy. 469 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,703 What's the treatment for Goodpasture's? 470 00:34:14,736 --> 00:34:17,410 Dialysis until kidney transplant. 471 00:34:17,443 --> 00:34:21,517 And if two transplants have been rejected, what is your course of action? 472 00:34:23,855 --> 00:34:25,592 Exactly. 473 00:34:31,837 --> 00:34:33,918 Dr. Ernst, line three for an outside call. 474 00:34:33,942 --> 00:34:35,813 Dr. Ernst, line three, please. 475 00:34:38,484 --> 00:34:40,656 Dr. Ernst. 476 00:34:40,689 --> 00:34:45,565 My name is Sheldon Hatchett. I'm an attorney for Felicia Potter. 477 00:34:45,598 --> 00:34:49,906 What? We are seeking an injunction. We'd like your testimony. 478 00:34:49,941 --> 00:34:52,313 Why would you want my testimony? 479 00:34:52,347 --> 00:34:55,552 Well, to help this man and his daughter put an end to this suffering. 480 00:34:55,585 --> 00:34:59,294 Under state law, I need the testimony of two doctors... 481 00:34:59,327 --> 00:35:01,367 that the patient's in a persistent vegetative state. 482 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:06,607 I-I can't help you with that. She told me what you said. 483 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:11,618 All you have to do is say in court exactly what you told Felicia. 484 00:35:11,650 --> 00:35:14,399 Listen, anything I may have said to Felicia Potter was said in confidence. 485 00:35:14,423 --> 00:35:16,795 If you bring it up, I'll deny I ever said it. 486 00:35:16,827 --> 00:35:20,034 - She says she has proof. - What? 487 00:35:20,067 --> 00:35:22,907 Look, we don't need your help at today's hearing. 488 00:35:22,939 --> 00:35:25,313 We can get the temporary restraining order. 489 00:35:25,346 --> 00:35:28,584 But we do need you to testify at the injunction hearing. 490 00:35:28,619 --> 00:35:30,923 I have to go now. 491 00:35:30,955 --> 00:35:34,564 Felicia or I will call you again soon, all right, Doctor? 492 00:35:34,596 --> 00:35:37,870 She really would appreciate your help and, um, so would I. 493 00:35:37,903 --> 00:35:39,004 Thank you. 494 00:35:41,345 --> 00:35:43,882 Welcome to the lab, Werner. Come in. 495 00:35:43,915 --> 00:35:47,656 Let me show you around. Count your blessings. Not many people get to see this. 496 00:35:47,689 --> 00:35:51,331 Through these computers, we receive up-to-the-minute data from 60 hospitals... 497 00:35:51,365 --> 00:35:54,670 in 15 states and 11 foreign countries. 498 00:35:54,703 --> 00:35:58,479 When other medical staffs are stumped... they call us. 499 00:35:58,512 --> 00:36:02,820 We analyze the data, Dr. Hofstader diagnoses and treats the patients from here. 500 00:36:02,853 --> 00:36:06,594 No, no I'm sorry. I can't do it this weekend. 501 00:36:06,627 --> 00:36:09,967 Ernst! Come in, come in. 502 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,575 Look at the future of medicine, hmm? 503 00:36:13,608 --> 00:36:16,980 Seeing patients is a waste of a doctor's time. We're trying to correct that. 504 00:36:17,014 --> 00:36:20,523 We like to think of patients as information that can be digitized. 505 00:36:20,555 --> 00:36:24,095 Then we can build computer models for surgeons to practice on... 506 00:36:24,128 --> 00:36:26,500 that are identical with any patient. 507 00:36:26,535 --> 00:36:28,472 Have a look. 508 00:36:30,476 --> 00:36:34,451 Take a look. Go ahead. 509 00:36:39,191 --> 00:36:41,764 We can bioengineer a device to roam the body... 510 00:36:41,797 --> 00:36:45,805 and automatically notify us of any abnormalities. 511 00:36:45,838 --> 00:36:50,146 We can diagnose and treat the problem before the patient even knows anything's wrong. 512 00:36:55,156 --> 00:36:58,831 That's my call from Tokyo. 513 00:36:58,864 --> 00:37:01,837 Hello? Hi, Kazu-san! How are you? 514 00:37:03,841 --> 00:37:08,050 Doctors and technicians come from around the world to work with Dr. Hofstader. 515 00:37:08,083 --> 00:37:12,025 The only people working here on Memorial's staff are me and... Poindexter. 516 00:37:12,057 --> 00:37:14,228 Have you worked with him before? 517 00:37:14,263 --> 00:37:17,803 No. Who's he? He's an I.C.U. nurse, but he's also a genius with computers. 518 00:37:17,837 --> 00:37:19,807 Come on, I'll introduce you. 519 00:37:19,841 --> 00:37:24,114 Poindexter, this is Dr. Ernst. He's a second-year resident on ninth floor I.C.U.. 520 00:37:24,149 --> 00:37:27,221 Rumor has it Poindexter has never had a patient die on him. 521 00:37:27,255 --> 00:37:30,729 Is that true, Poindexter? Not while I've been on duty. 522 00:37:30,762 --> 00:37:33,968 Well, how is that possible? I'm sure Dr. Ernst would love to know. 523 00:37:34,002 --> 00:37:36,239 Just a matter of carefully monitoring the patients... 524 00:37:36,273 --> 00:37:39,312 and then adjusting the medication accordingly. 525 00:37:39,345 --> 00:37:44,956 There is no longer any condition that is truly terminal. 526 00:37:44,990 --> 00:37:49,933 Just patients we choose not to maintain. 527 00:37:49,966 --> 00:37:53,140 Dr. Ernst, internal call on line four. Do you have a... 528 00:37:53,173 --> 00:37:55,613 Right there. Excuse me. 529 00:37:59,953 --> 00:38:02,125 Dr. Ernst. 530 00:38:02,158 --> 00:38:07,000 Dr. Ernst, Richard Wilson, head of the legal department. I need to see you immediately. 531 00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:09,974 Uh, uh, well, I'm w-with Dr. Hofstader. 532 00:38:10,006 --> 00:38:12,244 After Hofstader, then. 533 00:38:15,385 --> 00:38:19,024 I can't spend any more time with you, Ernst. I hope you enjoyed your visit? 534 00:38:19,059 --> 00:38:21,765 Any questions? Why'd you want to see me, sir? 535 00:38:21,797 --> 00:38:27,007 I wanted to show you this. Each year I choose one resident to join my team. 536 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,314 This year was Hansen. For next year, you are the leading candidate. 537 00:38:30,348 --> 00:38:32,720 Really? Really? That's terrific! 538 00:38:32,752 --> 00:38:36,360 It will be if you're chosen. We'll talk later. Yes, sir. Thank you, s... 539 00:38:36,393 --> 00:38:39,098 "If you're chosen." Good one, sir. 540 00:38:39,132 --> 00:38:42,305 I'm Richard Wilson. Nice to... meet you. 541 00:38:42,339 --> 00:38:44,744 I'm talking to all the doctors writing orders on bed five... 542 00:38:44,777 --> 00:38:47,315 A patient named Potter, a patient of Dr. Butz? 543 00:38:47,349 --> 00:38:50,856 One daughter has hired a lawyer to fight against further invasive procedures. 544 00:38:50,888 --> 00:38:54,262 They've already served us their lawsuit for permanent injunction, 545 00:38:54,295 --> 00:38:56,475 and by the end of the day, they'll have a temporary restraining order. 546 00:38:56,499 --> 00:38:58,939 Here's your copy. My copy? 547 00:39:01,108 --> 00:39:04,682 My God! Why am I listed as a defendant? I haven't done anything. 548 00:39:04,683 --> 00:39:07,220 You and thousands of other people who get sued every day. 549 00:39:07,255 --> 00:39:09,492 No, me, personally. You and all the other doctors. 550 00:39:09,526 --> 00:39:12,231 Don't worry. The Medical Center will protect your interests. 551 00:39:12,265 --> 00:39:16,006 Our outside counsel, Robert Payne, he'll take care of this. 552 00:39:16,039 --> 00:39:18,878 - Is he good? - He's the best. 553 00:39:18,911 --> 00:39:22,452 He's the fuckin' terminator. Oh, here. 554 00:39:22,485 --> 00:39:26,293 Sign this. What? 555 00:39:26,326 --> 00:39:30,034 It's a joint representation agreement. Every doctor being sued has to sign it. 556 00:39:30,066 --> 00:39:33,148 We provide you with legal counsel, but reserve the right to stop representing you... 557 00:39:33,172 --> 00:39:35,344 if you actually did something wrong. 558 00:39:35,377 --> 00:39:38,216 Such as? I don't know. Battery or fraud or something. 559 00:39:38,250 --> 00:39:41,757 Sign it or go out and get your own lawyer for 300 bucks an hour. 560 00:39:43,327 --> 00:39:45,799 Now let me bring you up-to-date on this lawsuit. 561 00:39:45,833 --> 00:39:48,337 Felicia Potter is seeking injunctive relief to stop us... 562 00:39:48,370 --> 00:39:50,542 from putting the feeding tube in her father. 563 00:39:50,574 --> 00:39:54,049 She also wants us to stop all invasive procedures and treatments. 564 00:39:54,081 --> 00:39:57,588 Now her half sister Constance wants us to do everything we can to keep the old guy alive. 565 00:39:57,621 --> 00:40:01,228 Both sisters have retained big expensive law firms, 566 00:40:01,262 --> 00:40:03,276 so there's gonna be real carnage before this is over. 567 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:04,802 Great. And I'm caught right in the middle. 568 00:40:04,803 --> 00:40:07,575 Ain't life grand? Now listen to me. 569 00:40:07,608 --> 00:40:09,923 Don't talk to anybody about this case, not even other doctors. 570 00:40:09,947 --> 00:40:12,986 Not even other doc... I mean, you gotta be kidding. Hey, doctor! 571 00:40:13,019 --> 00:40:16,126 I've done this before, okay? Let me tell you what's gonna happen here. 572 00:40:16,159 --> 00:40:18,238 If we keep this guy alive, Felicia Potter is gonna sue us... 573 00:40:18,262 --> 00:40:21,637 for unauthorized treatment, battery, fraud and everything else her lawyers think of. 574 00:40:21,669 --> 00:40:25,276 If bed five dies, Constance Potter is gonna sue us for medical malpractice. 575 00:40:25,310 --> 00:40:29,352 No matter what you say, you're supplying one of them with evidence. Keep your mouth shut. 576 00:40:29,385 --> 00:40:31,891 Wh... Don't express an opinion. Don't say even a word. 577 00:40:31,925 --> 00:40:35,431 Whatever we've done is exactly what we should have done. 578 00:40:35,465 --> 00:40:38,037 - Understand? - Yes. 579 00:40:38,070 --> 00:40:42,646 Geez, I wish they'd teach more about litigation in medical school. 580 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:56,941 - Hi, this is Felicia. - Leave a message after the beep. 581 00:40:56,975 --> 00:41:00,313 Felicia, it's Werner. Uh... 582 00:41:00,346 --> 00:41:04,523 your lawyer called, and, uh, I'm sorry, but I can't help you. 583 00:41:04,556 --> 00:41:10,233 I can't testify against the doctors that I'm working for. 584 00:41:10,267 --> 00:41:12,205 Okay? 585 00:41:16,013 --> 00:41:18,733 Dr. Ernst, bed five. Family wishes to meet with you. 586 00:41:21,123 --> 00:41:26,232 "Their idols are silver and gold. They have mouths but speak not." 587 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:30,508 "They have eyes but see not. They have ears but hear not. 588 00:41:30,542 --> 00:41:32,512 They have hands but feel not." 589 00:41:32,546 --> 00:41:36,385 Shall I come back later? No, I wanna see you. 590 00:41:36,418 --> 00:41:38,356 Um... 591 00:41:39,825 --> 00:41:43,601 Can someone mistakenly change one of these dials? 592 00:41:43,634 --> 00:41:47,808 It's not likely. Respiratory therapists check the settings every hour. 593 00:41:47,841 --> 00:41:50,814 And if a change occurs, alarms go off. 594 00:41:54,454 --> 00:41:58,496 What if the alarm doesn't work? There are two alarms. 595 00:42:02,337 --> 00:42:05,042 It's okay, Daddy! 596 00:42:05,043 --> 00:42:07,447 The doctor's just checking the alarms on your machines. 597 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,288 Everything's working the way it's supposed to. 598 00:42:12,490 --> 00:42:15,364 Can the alarms be turned off by accident? 599 00:42:15,397 --> 00:42:20,240 The alarm can only be disabled by punching a protected code into the keypad. 600 00:42:20,273 --> 00:42:22,946 Can they be turned off intentionally? 601 00:42:26,820 --> 00:42:30,293 Yes, uh, but only when the patient expires, 602 00:42:30,327 --> 00:42:33,400 or the doctor has written an order to disconnect the ventilator. 603 00:42:33,432 --> 00:42:36,238 Are you people trained to be inhumane? What did I say? 604 00:42:36,273 --> 00:42:38,886 A human being is recovering from a life-threatening illness in there. 605 00:42:38,910 --> 00:42:43,688 Just because he's unconscious doesn't mean he can't hear and understand everything we say! 606 00:42:43,721 --> 00:42:47,195 Have you spoken with any of the chaplains or nuns in our pastoral care program? 607 00:42:47,228 --> 00:42:49,599 They're wonderful people. There's just not enough of them. 608 00:42:49,633 --> 00:42:53,340 For the rest of you, it's all sneers and laughter! 609 00:42:53,372 --> 00:42:57,281 I heard nurses and technicians laughing and telling jokes while in my father's room, 610 00:42:57,315 --> 00:43:00,354 as if he wasn't there, as if there wasn't a living person in the room. 611 00:43:00,386 --> 00:43:03,492 Doctors and nurses have to maintain objectivity. 612 00:43:03,526 --> 00:43:07,268 Laughing at sick people. Is that objectivity? 613 00:43:07,301 --> 00:43:09,471 Giggling over TV programs while people are dying. 614 00:43:09,505 --> 00:43:11,976 Is that objectivity? No, human nature. 615 00:43:12,010 --> 00:43:14,482 People have to giggle or tell a joke to break the pressure. 616 00:43:14,515 --> 00:43:17,764 You can't spend 12 hours a day dejected because you're working with the terminally ill. 617 00:43:17,788 --> 00:43:22,597 My father is not terminally ill, he's convalescing! 618 00:43:22,631 --> 00:43:24,577 Dr. Ernst, see Dr. Butz. 619 00:43:24,601 --> 00:43:27,742 - Excuse me. - Dr. Ernst! 620 00:43:27,776 --> 00:43:32,451 Two days ago Dr. Butz told me we'd be going forward with surgery to insert the tube. 621 00:43:32,484 --> 00:43:34,723 When you see him, maybe you can remind. 622 00:43:34,756 --> 00:43:37,361 Maybe you should talk with your lawyer. Dr. Ernst? 623 00:43:41,703 --> 00:43:44,375 I don't mean to be angry. 624 00:43:44,409 --> 00:43:47,315 Forget about it. I don't mean to be inhumane. 625 00:43:49,753 --> 00:43:53,693 I know you don't. 626 00:43:53,727 --> 00:43:55,965 We're all sinners. 627 00:43:55,997 --> 00:43:58,804 But God loves sinners. 628 00:43:58,838 --> 00:44:01,743 That's good news. 629 00:44:09,725 --> 00:44:13,733 Hey, Werner. Chip off the old block! What can I do for you? 630 00:44:13,768 --> 00:44:17,507 You paged me. Stop pulling my leg. 631 00:44:17,541 --> 00:44:21,349 I didn't beep you. 632 00:44:21,383 --> 00:44:25,491 Okay, I, uh, I came to see about bed five, Nine I.C.U.. 633 00:44:25,523 --> 00:44:28,662 Uh, I don't think bed five is my patient. 634 00:44:28,698 --> 00:44:31,803 No, yeah, he is. Nine I.C.U.. 635 00:44:31,837 --> 00:44:36,513 Bed five? Bed five. 636 00:44:37,781 --> 00:44:40,085 He's... Just a minute. Right here. 637 00:44:41,857 --> 00:44:44,594 Oh, bed five. 638 00:44:48,703 --> 00:44:51,675 What's wrong with bed five? He's all paid up. 639 00:44:51,709 --> 00:44:54,449 Got three insurance companies paying off his bills monthly. 640 00:44:54,482 --> 00:44:58,790 He's supposed to be scheduled for gastrostomy, and the family won't consent to it. 641 00:44:58,823 --> 00:45:01,162 You see, 642 00:45:01,194 --> 00:45:05,402 bed five is called a patient, and we're called the doctors. 643 00:45:05,403 --> 00:45:10,212 I don't give a goddamn what his wife thinks. I went to Yale. Where did she go to school? 644 00:45:10,246 --> 00:45:12,952 It's his daughter, and after I spoke with her, 645 00:45:12,986 --> 00:45:17,961 I started thinking maybe she was right about not proceeding with the gastrostomy. 646 00:45:17,996 --> 00:45:22,037 Uh-huh. Why should we feed him if he's not gonna get any better? 647 00:45:22,069 --> 00:45:25,945 The man needs a tube put in him because he can't eat, right? Yes. 648 00:45:25,978 --> 00:45:30,219 But why should we prolong the inevitable by putting a tube in? 649 00:45:30,253 --> 00:45:35,631 Well, you think just because someone's gonna die, soon, we don't need to feed them. 650 00:45:35,663 --> 00:45:38,870 We're all gonna die. Why should any of us eat? 651 00:45:38,903 --> 00:45:43,046 I was just questioning... You know what? Being a doctor is not good enough for you. 652 00:45:43,079 --> 00:45:46,217 Now you wanna play God Almighty, is that right? 653 00:45:46,252 --> 00:45:50,762 If there's no reasonable prospect of cure, why should we proceed? 654 00:45:50,794 --> 00:45:55,871 Where have you been all your life? It's called revenue! 655 00:45:58,142 --> 00:46:01,883 He's got catastrophic health insurance. 656 00:46:01,916 --> 00:46:05,023 Long-term health care. The works! 657 00:46:05,056 --> 00:46:07,027 What difference does insurance make? 658 00:46:07,059 --> 00:46:11,267 What? It's cash money. 659 00:46:11,302 --> 00:46:14,207 Not one of those "try and collect from the estate" deals. 660 00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:16,880 And you wanna yank his tube. 661 00:46:16,914 --> 00:46:19,183 Ha! Well. 662 00:46:20,987 --> 00:46:23,794 Cafeteria. 663 00:46:23,827 --> 00:46:25,897 Cafeteria? I was pushin' "Billy." 664 00:46:25,932 --> 00:46:28,335 This is the cafeteria, Dr. Butz. 665 00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:31,775 As long as I've got you on the phone, let me be the first to tell ya: 666 00:46:31,810 --> 00:46:35,751 The soup yesterday tasted like a shirt. 667 00:46:37,387 --> 00:46:41,061 - Billing. Steckler. - Steckler, where's Mrs. Ritter? 668 00:46:41,095 --> 00:46:44,902 This is Mrs. Steckler. Mrs. Ritter hasn't been here since 1984. 669 00:46:44,935 --> 00:46:48,008 Well, I didn't say she has. I'm just asking you where she is. 670 00:46:48,041 --> 00:46:51,683 Can I help you, Dr. Butz? Yes... Dr. Butz. 671 00:46:51,716 --> 00:46:56,158 Bring me the last bill we sent to bed five, Nine I.C.U., please. 672 00:46:56,192 --> 00:46:59,331 Patient's name? I don't know the name of all the patients! 673 00:46:59,363 --> 00:47:01,969 - His name's Potter. - Potter! 674 00:47:02,003 --> 00:47:05,642 Or isn't that good enough for ya? 675 00:47:05,643 --> 00:47:11,087 Now, you came to see me about... something. What can I do for you? 676 00:47:11,121 --> 00:47:13,091 Ab-About bed five. 677 00:47:13,125 --> 00:47:16,032 What's wrong with bed five? He's all paid up. 678 00:47:16,065 --> 00:47:18,904 Yeah... I've... It's about his gastrostomy. 679 00:47:18,937 --> 00:47:22,376 I know he has insurance, but what difference does insurance make? 680 00:47:22,410 --> 00:47:25,449 What difference does insurance make? 681 00:47:25,483 --> 00:47:29,123 This... must be the generation gap. 682 00:47:29,157 --> 00:47:34,133 You know, it's these H.M.O.s that have confused the issue. 683 00:47:34,167 --> 00:47:37,473 If the patient were a part of an H.M.O., then I could understand your dilemma. 684 00:47:37,507 --> 00:47:41,215 With those babies, we get paid not to perform medical procedures. 685 00:47:41,248 --> 00:47:44,890 It's a little like when the government pays farmers not to grow crops. 686 00:47:44,923 --> 00:47:49,364 But with insurance, we get paid to perform medical procedures! 687 00:47:49,398 --> 00:47:51,769 Do you understand the difference? 688 00:47:51,803 --> 00:47:54,775 He's got three insurance companies paying like clockwork. 689 00:47:54,809 --> 00:47:59,518 The total of last month's bill, $112,973.32. 690 00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:03,993 What is this? Do you always barge into people's offices without being invited? 691 00:48:04,028 --> 00:48:05,762 You know, you're supposed to knock first, and then... Doctor. 692 00:48:05,763 --> 00:48:08,068 Huh? It's the bill. 693 00:48:08,102 --> 00:48:10,005 You asked to see the bill. Bill? 694 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:13,146 Bed five. 695 00:48:13,179 --> 00:48:16,317 He's comatose. We're supposed to schedule a gastrostomy. 696 00:48:16,352 --> 00:48:21,227 Well, do it. My God, I get a cut from every procedure we do on the guy. 697 00:48:21,262 --> 00:48:23,867 He's got catastrophic health insurance! 698 00:48:23,900 --> 00:48:27,474 If you were comatose, would you wanna be kept alive for months by machines? 699 00:48:27,506 --> 00:48:30,245 Hell, no! Well, then... 700 00:48:30,279 --> 00:48:34,388 When I go, I don't wanna be tortured in some bed. 701 00:48:34,421 --> 00:48:39,130 I have this planned out, Werner. I'm gonna be sitting on my back porch. 702 00:48:39,163 --> 00:48:45,043 I'm gonna have a Cuban cigar in one hand and a big glass of scotch in the other... 703 00:48:45,075 --> 00:48:50,453 and a belly full of barbecued ribs with a ton of sauce! 704 00:48:50,486 --> 00:48:53,026 That's why I don't have insurance. 705 00:48:53,059 --> 00:48:54,693 Really? That's right. 706 00:48:54,727 --> 00:48:59,538 And my money is tied up in a trust that forbids anybody from using it for health care. 707 00:48:59,571 --> 00:49:01,909 Pretty smart, huh? So, what if you get sick? 708 00:49:01,944 --> 00:49:05,882 If I get sick, no doctor on this planet's gonna come ten feet from me. 709 00:49:05,883 --> 00:49:09,358 They talk about a living will. You don't need a living will. 710 00:49:09,391 --> 00:49:14,201 Just make sure you don't have money for health care, and you'll die a happy fella... 711 00:49:14,234 --> 00:49:19,177 with a big smile on your face in your own king-size bed! 712 00:49:19,211 --> 00:49:23,086 This poor schmuck in bed five didn't load up on insurance... 713 00:49:23,118 --> 00:49:26,292 so he could go gently into the good night. 714 00:49:26,324 --> 00:49:31,201 He wanted us to put up a fight, and he wanted us to be paid in cash. 715 00:49:31,235 --> 00:49:34,441 That's why he bought the insurance in the first place! 716 00:49:36,312 --> 00:49:39,118 Now, you came in here... 717 00:49:39,151 --> 00:49:41,421 Oh! You were looking for season tickets. 718 00:49:41,455 --> 00:49:44,594 To what? Hockey! 719 00:49:44,628 --> 00:49:47,567 I'll get you one game. One seat, one game. 720 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,638 Who do you wanna see? The Red Pete? 721 00:49:49,671 --> 00:49:52,276 You don't need that? I'm fine. 722 00:49:52,309 --> 00:49:55,250 I can't do hockey for you. 723 00:49:55,282 --> 00:50:00,425 Would you like to see Beauty and the Beast? I can get you one seat. 724 00:50:00,459 --> 00:50:03,166 The guy who played the beast is a patient. 725 00:50:14,653 --> 00:50:16,691 Tough day? 726 00:50:16,724 --> 00:50:20,065 Just left a meeting with Butz. 727 00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,637 I thought you were smarter than that. 728 00:50:26,645 --> 00:50:30,653 What's Poindexter doing here? 729 00:50:30,685 --> 00:50:35,329 He's been assigned here. There's some kind of legal brouhaha going on. 730 00:50:35,363 --> 00:50:39,271 They want to make sure bed five doesn't go down that drain he's been circling. 731 00:50:39,303 --> 00:50:41,407 Yeah, Wilson warned me. 732 00:50:41,441 --> 00:50:43,612 Wilson and Butz. You're having quite a day. 733 00:50:43,646 --> 00:50:45,583 Yeah. 734 00:50:47,254 --> 00:50:51,695 Hofstader talked to me about a spot with him next year. 735 00:50:51,728 --> 00:50:55,236 So you're going with the robo-doc to practice medicine in cyberspace? 736 00:50:55,270 --> 00:50:58,908 He's the cutting edge. "I have seen the enemy, and he is us." 737 00:50:58,941 --> 00:51:02,717 I tried to talk Butz into making bed five a no code. 738 00:51:06,124 --> 00:51:08,895 Really? 739 00:51:08,928 --> 00:51:12,670 I don't know what to do. Butz wants a gastrostomy. 740 00:51:12,704 --> 00:51:15,842 What are you gonna do? 741 00:51:15,876 --> 00:51:20,819 I don't have much choice. I'm gonna schedule bed five for a gastrostomy, A.S.A.P.. 742 00:51:22,923 --> 00:51:24,894 You're the doctor. 743 00:51:24,927 --> 00:51:27,599 Don't hold that against me. 744 00:51:33,378 --> 00:51:35,716 Fifty-six bucks for a pair of these. 745 00:51:35,750 --> 00:51:39,958 I know a tropical fish store selling the same stuff for a buck and a half. 746 00:51:39,990 --> 00:51:42,830 What's your assessment of this patient? 747 00:51:42,864 --> 00:51:45,236 Him? Don't be a comedian. 748 00:51:45,270 --> 00:51:48,476 Have you ever asked him to squeeze your hand? 749 00:51:48,508 --> 00:51:52,317 What for? Since we're on the subject, maybe you can tell me... 750 00:51:52,350 --> 00:51:56,758 why we're dripping thousands of dollars a day of nutrition medication into him. 751 00:51:56,792 --> 00:51:59,898 People are afraid to die, so they pay us to keep them in suspended animation. 752 00:51:59,931 --> 00:52:02,904 They paid $112,000 for him last month alone. 753 00:52:02,937 --> 00:52:08,515 We could have fed and vaccinated every kid in Brooklyn on this guy's tab. 754 00:52:08,548 --> 00:52:13,558 Dr. Ernst, I'm getting some bizarre wave forms from the Swan-Ganz. 755 00:52:13,592 --> 00:52:17,966 Yeah. Wait an hour and get me another strip. Let's drop his dopamine. 756 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,740 Oh, someone dropped this package by for you. 757 00:52:42,817 --> 00:52:46,791 Your father is in what we call a persistent vegetative state. 758 00:52:46,825 --> 00:52:50,732 He's always going to be just the way he is now. 759 00:52:50,765 --> 00:52:53,506 - No! - I'm sorry. 760 00:52:53,539 --> 00:52:55,843 I love my father... 761 00:53:01,888 --> 00:53:03,825 Oh, my... 762 00:53:24,132 --> 00:53:27,574 Hi, this is Felicia. Leave a message after the beep. 763 00:53:27,606 --> 00:53:29,954 Felicia, what the fuck are you doing to me? 764 00:53:29,978 --> 00:53:32,148 I mean, where did this fuckin' tape come from? 765 00:53:32,181 --> 00:53:36,023 We've got to talk and soon. It's important. It's Werner. 766 00:53:37,494 --> 00:53:40,765 Uh, all right. 767 00:53:51,687 --> 00:53:55,496 Dr. Ernst, thank you for coming. Thank you. 768 00:53:55,530 --> 00:53:58,669 This is Robert Payne, the hospital's outside counsel in the Potter case. 769 00:53:58,701 --> 00:54:01,205 Good morning, Dr. Ernst. Good morning. 770 00:54:01,241 --> 00:54:03,787 Since Dr. Hofstader is the hospital's chief of intensive care medicine, 771 00:54:03,811 --> 00:54:05,782 I've asked him to join us. 772 00:54:05,815 --> 00:54:09,056 Please, take a chair. 773 00:54:09,089 --> 00:54:13,532 As Mr. Wilson has told you, I represent the medical center in this litigation. 774 00:54:13,566 --> 00:54:15,736 Coffee? Yes. 775 00:54:15,769 --> 00:54:20,110 I'm also representing you under the terms of the mutual representation agreement. 776 00:54:20,143 --> 00:54:22,282 Yes. 777 00:54:22,316 --> 00:54:28,127 Now, this case... This case has become dangerous litigation. 778 00:54:28,159 --> 00:54:32,035 We have discovered another Potter family lawsuit... 779 00:54:32,068 --> 00:54:34,273 filed two years ago. 780 00:54:34,306 --> 00:54:39,015 Apparently, Constance and Felicia are half sisters. 781 00:54:39,049 --> 00:54:42,757 The patient in bed five is the father, but he had Connie with the first wife, 782 00:54:42,789 --> 00:54:44,804 then remarried and had Felicia with the second wife. 783 00:54:44,828 --> 00:54:49,035 Ah. Right. Hmm! Now, 784 00:54:49,069 --> 00:54:52,041 the second wife... That's Felicia's mother... 785 00:54:52,075 --> 00:54:54,079 She was the one with the money. 786 00:54:54,112 --> 00:54:58,387 She set up a trust before she died... a big trust... more than $10 million. 787 00:54:58,420 --> 00:55:01,662 That's what the lawsuit filed two years ago was about. 788 00:55:01,695 --> 00:55:05,636 - Who got the money? - That's a little complicated. 789 00:55:05,670 --> 00:55:09,643 Apparently, Felicia's mother liked to control things, even from the grave. 790 00:55:09,678 --> 00:55:12,716 The interest from the trust goes to bed five. 791 00:55:12,750 --> 00:55:16,958 The principle... that's the ten million... stays in the trust for five years. 792 00:55:16,992 --> 00:55:22,067 If after five years bed five has not remarried and is still alive, he gets the money. 793 00:55:22,102 --> 00:55:24,105 When is the five years up? In about three weeks. 794 00:55:26,343 --> 00:55:30,753 But he's comatose. Right. 795 00:55:30,785 --> 00:55:34,359 He's incompetent, and because he's incompetent, the money becomes part of his estate. 796 00:55:34,393 --> 00:55:37,999 What happens if the money goes into his estate? 797 00:55:38,034 --> 00:55:40,204 What happens if he dies before the three weeks is up? 798 00:55:40,238 --> 00:55:42,343 That's what we all want to know. 799 00:55:42,376 --> 00:55:46,785 This fight between the sisters might be an honest disagreement, 800 00:55:46,818 --> 00:55:51,059 or it might be one of them trying to manipulate the timing of the father's death... 801 00:55:51,092 --> 00:55:54,768 in order to get the money. 802 00:55:56,102 --> 00:55:59,108 Well, that's incredible. That's horrible. 803 00:56:00,177 --> 00:56:02,248 Yes. 804 00:56:02,282 --> 00:56:04,953 And, now, 805 00:56:04,988 --> 00:56:09,096 something strange has occurred, 806 00:56:10,364 --> 00:56:13,404 and it puzzles me. 807 00:56:13,438 --> 00:56:16,877 What is that? 808 00:56:16,911 --> 00:56:20,151 We received a subpoena from Felicia Potter's attorney, 809 00:56:20,183 --> 00:56:22,455 ordering you to appear and testify at the hearing. 810 00:56:22,489 --> 00:56:25,962 What? We don't believe they would subpoena you... 811 00:56:25,996 --> 00:56:29,838 unless they thought your testimony would help their case. 812 00:56:29,871 --> 00:56:35,247 Now, take a few moments to think of any reason why they might want you as a witness. 813 00:56:35,281 --> 00:56:40,860 Nothing, uh, comes to mind. 814 00:56:40,893 --> 00:56:44,934 Dr. Ernst, this is the beginning of trial preparation. 815 00:56:44,968 --> 00:56:48,408 Before we prepare a case, it is absolutely essential that we know the truth, 816 00:56:48,441 --> 00:56:52,950 so that we can teach our witnesses to articulate truth to our best advantage. 817 00:56:52,984 --> 00:56:55,153 Okay. 818 00:56:55,187 --> 00:56:58,929 You should also be aware that in any litigation conducted by competent attorneys... 819 00:56:58,962 --> 00:57:00,933 the truth will come out. 820 00:57:00,966 --> 00:57:02,937 It's only a question of time. 821 00:57:02,970 --> 00:57:06,843 I understand that. Now, Dr. Ernst, 822 00:57:06,844 --> 00:57:10,418 can you think of any reason that might have prompted... 823 00:57:10,452 --> 00:57:14,560 Felicia Potter's attorney to call you as a witness? 824 00:57:17,365 --> 00:57:19,301 I... 825 00:57:27,017 --> 00:57:30,960 I just... I can't... 826 00:57:30,993 --> 00:57:34,599 I don't know what it could be. Aha. 827 00:57:35,668 --> 00:57:38,274 Ah! 828 00:57:40,612 --> 00:57:44,351 This will probably take several hours. 829 00:57:44,385 --> 00:57:47,357 No need for you gentlemen to sit here. 830 00:58:15,314 --> 00:58:20,423 Was there anything else said by either you or Ms. Potter that you haven't already told me? 831 00:58:20,458 --> 00:58:22,595 I've told you everything at least three times. 832 00:58:22,628 --> 00:58:25,602 You never advised Felicia against the gastronomy? No. 833 00:58:25,634 --> 00:58:28,541 You never indicated you believed the patient was... 834 00:58:28,575 --> 00:58:31,412 in a persistent vegetative state? No. 835 00:58:31,445 --> 00:58:36,723 - Not to anyone? - I've told you over and over. No, not to anyone. 836 00:58:36,757 --> 00:58:40,064 Dr. Ernst, I don't believe you're telling me the truth. 837 00:58:40,098 --> 00:58:43,705 Have you ever been cross-examined? No. Never. 838 00:58:43,738 --> 00:58:46,711 Cross-examination can be a very unpleasant experience. 839 00:58:46,744 --> 00:58:50,251 Telling lies successfully is almost impossible. 840 00:58:50,283 --> 00:58:52,855 Lies change. The truth does not change. 841 00:58:52,888 --> 00:58:55,261 If an honest witness gets confused, 842 00:58:55,293 --> 00:58:57,364 he need only remember the truth and cling to it. 843 00:58:57,397 --> 00:59:00,605 A witness who is lying cannot cling to the truth. 844 00:59:00,639 --> 00:59:04,680 Changes appear. A good lawyer confronts those changes. 845 00:59:04,713 --> 00:59:07,083 Things get worse. Panic sets in. 846 00:59:07,084 --> 00:59:11,392 Lying under oath is perjury. Perjury is a serious crime. 847 00:59:11,426 --> 00:59:14,366 It can be a devastating experience. 848 00:59:14,398 --> 00:59:16,535 I understand. One more thing. 849 00:59:16,571 --> 00:59:21,279 If Felicia Potter's attorney calls you to testify, I will be cross-examining you. 850 00:59:26,290 --> 00:59:29,429 Take my card. It has my phone number, 851 00:59:29,461 --> 00:59:32,803 my office number, my car phone number. 852 00:59:32,835 --> 00:59:37,578 If you think of anything you haven't told me, call me immediately. 853 00:59:37,612 --> 00:59:39,683 I will. Good-bye, Dr. Ernst. 854 00:59:51,874 --> 00:59:55,413 Come on. Hi, this is Felicia. Leave a message after the beep. 855 00:59:55,448 --> 00:59:57,786 Felicia, it's Werner again. 856 00:59:57,819 --> 01:00:01,894 Uh, I just left some interrogation by this lawyer. 857 01:00:01,926 --> 01:00:05,902 If you... We need to talk. 858 01:00:05,934 --> 01:00:07,203 I mean, if there's a problem, 859 01:00:07,204 --> 01:00:12,415 there's got to be some other way that we can solve this thing. 860 01:00:12,447 --> 01:00:16,322 Please call. We have to talk. 861 01:00:16,355 --> 01:00:18,894 Send it to Cytology. Have them check it for lymphoid hyperplasia. 862 01:00:18,927 --> 01:00:22,401 Get back to me. Dr. Hofstader? Dr. Hofstader! 863 01:00:22,434 --> 01:00:26,008 Oh, Ernst, what is it? It's about the patient in bed five, Nine I.C.U.. 864 01:00:26,042 --> 01:00:29,682 You should talk to Dr. Butz. This is Hofstader. Let me speak to Dr. Schneider. 865 01:00:29,716 --> 01:00:32,688 None of this is my fault. It doesn't matter. 866 01:00:32,722 --> 01:00:34,892 It doesn't? Doesn't matter. 867 01:00:34,927 --> 01:00:38,032 Thank you. I was so afraid it was gonna hurt my chance of being on your team. 868 01:00:38,066 --> 01:00:43,410 Yes? No, not until we get the scan date. Yeah. 869 01:00:43,444 --> 01:00:47,886 You won't be on the team. It doesn't matter whether it was your fault or not. 870 01:00:47,919 --> 01:00:50,892 Wait a minute. Nothing has changed from yesterday. 871 01:00:50,925 --> 01:00:53,397 If it was your fault, then you don't deserve to be on my team. 872 01:00:53,430 --> 01:00:55,533 And if it wasn't your fault, then you're not lucky. 873 01:00:55,568 --> 01:00:59,342 I don't want anyone on my team who isn't lucky. Schneider, where have you been? 874 01:00:59,376 --> 01:01:02,849 Dr. Ernst, see Dr. Butz. 875 01:01:09,595 --> 01:01:13,470 Hello? Hello? Oh. 876 01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:16,075 They had me on hold. 877 01:01:16,108 --> 01:01:19,683 Your first lawsuit and your first subpoena. 878 01:01:19,717 --> 01:01:23,424 When I heard that, I had to have ya in for a drink. 879 01:01:23,457 --> 01:01:26,596 Some scotch? No, thank you. 880 01:01:26,629 --> 01:01:29,635 You sure? Listen. 881 01:01:29,669 --> 01:01:34,846 When those lawyers start crawling all over you, that's when you know you're a doctor. 882 01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:37,552 They had me up on charges, you know. Yes, sir. 883 01:01:37,584 --> 01:01:42,595 Don't worry. We'll fight 'em. 884 01:01:42,627 --> 01:01:46,134 I fought 'em before, and I won. Did ya know that? Yes, sir. 885 01:01:46,169 --> 01:01:49,910 I'm bein' rude. Here. Take some scotch, huh? No. 886 01:01:49,943 --> 01:01:52,213 Come on! 887 01:01:52,246 --> 01:01:56,890 Dr. Ernst, you're needed in the emergency room. 888 01:01:56,924 --> 01:01:59,930 - Sit, sit, sit, sit. - Maintenance. 889 01:01:59,963 --> 01:02:04,706 Somebody paging Dr. Ernst? He's not here, Dr. Butz. 890 01:02:04,739 --> 01:02:07,111 What the hell? Sit, sit. 891 01:02:10,717 --> 01:02:12,888 What do ya have? 892 01:02:12,922 --> 01:02:15,660 You calling Dr. Ernst? Yes, this is the Emergency Room. 893 01:02:15,694 --> 01:02:18,599 It's Dr. Butz. He's with me. What do you want with him? 894 01:02:18,633 --> 01:02:20,872 Dr. Miller asked us to call. We're stacked up down here. 895 01:02:20,904 --> 01:02:23,577 We've got a 19-year-old with a potentially severe head injury. 896 01:02:23,609 --> 01:02:27,051 He got turned away from University E.R. 'cause they couldn't get to him soon enough. 897 01:02:27,084 --> 01:02:29,990 - Does the patient have coverage? - Excuse me? 898 01:02:30,023 --> 01:02:34,231 Coverage! Insurance! An H.M.O. Something. Is he covered? 899 01:02:34,264 --> 01:02:36,635 I'll check. 900 01:02:36,670 --> 01:02:39,876 She doesn't even ask about coverage. 901 01:02:39,909 --> 01:02:43,183 I'll tell you right now the guy's as bare as a baby's ass. 902 01:02:43,216 --> 01:02:45,954 Dr. Butz is on the phone. He wants to know if he's got coverage. 903 01:02:45,988 --> 01:02:48,159 He's got nothing. He's bare as a baby's behind. 904 01:02:48,193 --> 01:02:50,230 Dr. Butz? This is Dr. Butz. 905 01:02:50,262 --> 01:02:54,238 - The patient does not have medical coverage. - What a shock. 906 01:02:54,270 --> 01:02:58,246 I bet you thought University Hospital dumped all their best paying patients here. 907 01:02:58,278 --> 01:03:01,095 - I'm sorry, Dr. Butz... - Dr. Ernst is with me! We're in a very important meeting. 908 01:03:01,119 --> 01:03:03,288 He's gonna be at least 30 minutes. 909 01:03:03,323 --> 01:03:07,097 But Dr. Miller said... Tell Dr. Miller that his head is full of horseshit. 910 01:03:07,131 --> 01:03:11,072 If he disagrees, slip him in the M.R.I. machine and look for yourself. 911 01:03:11,104 --> 01:03:14,145 I can go take care of it. Sit down! 912 01:03:14,177 --> 01:03:19,721 Sit down. What's the matter with you? 913 01:03:19,755 --> 01:03:23,930 You work for me, and if you work for nothing when you work for me, 914 01:03:23,965 --> 01:03:27,772 it means I work for nothing, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna work for nothing. 915 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:30,009 They said it was a potentially severe head injury. 916 01:03:30,042 --> 01:03:32,983 He's 19. 917 01:03:33,015 --> 01:03:37,224 He's got no medical coverage, and he's some rowdy kid. 918 01:03:37,256 --> 01:03:40,362 What do you think would happen if I got in my car one Sunday... 919 01:03:40,397 --> 01:03:43,937 and drove over to this kid's house and said, "Hey, kid." 920 01:03:43,970 --> 01:03:48,313 "Come next door, cut my grass, and if I ever get any money, I'll pay you. 921 01:03:48,346 --> 01:03:50,718 Just send me the bill, kid." 922 01:03:50,751 --> 01:03:52,421 What do ya think would happen? 923 01:03:52,453 --> 01:03:54,433 Cutting grass is a little different from emergency medical care. 924 01:03:54,457 --> 01:03:57,264 I know that, but it's still a service economy. 925 01:03:57,297 --> 01:04:00,270 If you want service in a service economy, you pay for it. 926 01:04:00,303 --> 01:04:03,008 If you don't pay for service in a service economy, 927 01:04:03,042 --> 01:04:05,012 you ruin the whole country. 928 01:04:05,046 --> 01:04:06,983 We provide policemen and firemen. 929 01:04:07,016 --> 01:04:09,220 Who's talking about that? 930 01:04:09,255 --> 01:04:12,896 If we sew up this kid every time somebody whacks him... 931 01:04:12,928 --> 01:04:16,134 over the head at a disco, 932 01:04:16,169 --> 01:04:19,307 we're gonna run this country into the shitter. 933 01:04:19,340 --> 01:04:22,882 Dr. Miller, I tried to get Dr. Ernst down, but Dr. Butz took the call. 934 01:04:22,915 --> 01:04:26,354 He started asking questions about medical coverage, then said Dr. Ernst was too busy. 935 01:04:26,389 --> 01:04:31,131 What do I do? Call him back and tell Dr. Butz... 936 01:04:31,164 --> 01:04:34,839 that we have a 76-year-old male who's had a stroke. 937 01:04:34,871 --> 01:04:40,182 You tell him that he has major medical insurance, catastrophic insurance and Medicare. 938 01:04:40,216 --> 01:04:44,425 You tell Dr. Butz that's the patient we need Dr. Ernst for. 939 01:04:44,458 --> 01:04:47,230 You serious? Just do it. 940 01:04:50,002 --> 01:04:53,309 Right away. Werner, gotta bring this meeting to a close. 941 01:04:53,343 --> 01:04:55,547 They need ya in E.R. Give 'em a hand. 942 01:04:55,579 --> 01:04:58,353 Ah, Werner. 943 01:05:01,559 --> 01:05:07,270 You know, I was on one of the very first critical care teams. 944 01:05:07,304 --> 01:05:10,109 1959. 945 01:05:10,143 --> 01:05:14,385 We developed most of the basic code blue techniques. 946 01:05:14,417 --> 01:05:19,594 In the Bible, Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead, but He did it only once... 947 01:05:19,628 --> 01:05:23,069 and people were amazed. 948 01:05:23,102 --> 01:05:27,577 We did it every day. Made miracles every single day. 949 01:05:27,610 --> 01:05:30,918 People treated us like gods... 950 01:05:30,952 --> 01:05:34,158 as opposed to overpriced auto mechanics... 951 01:05:34,190 --> 01:05:37,063 which is all we've become. 952 01:05:37,097 --> 01:05:40,370 You know what? I forgot to offer you a drink. 953 01:05:40,403 --> 01:05:42,574 Come on. One scotch. I'm fine. 954 01:05:42,606 --> 01:05:46,214 Sure? All right. Good boy. 955 01:06:00,309 --> 01:06:03,083 Die. 956 01:06:03,116 --> 01:06:05,652 Yes, I know. I know what you want. 957 01:06:05,687 --> 01:06:09,260 Stella, look at his monitor! I thought you were mixing cocktails. 958 01:06:09,295 --> 01:06:11,574 I just glanced over at the console and there it was. 959 01:06:11,598 --> 01:06:13,569 Did you see that rhythm? Yeah, sure. 960 01:06:13,602 --> 01:06:18,279 There it is again. 961 01:06:18,313 --> 01:06:22,153 Torsade de pointes, a particularly malignant and extremely rare arrhythmia. 962 01:06:22,187 --> 01:06:24,090 Haven't seen it in five years. 963 01:06:24,125 --> 01:06:27,031 He's got a pacer zapping him back to a normal rhythm. 964 01:06:27,064 --> 01:06:29,568 My money says he codes tonight. 965 01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:33,276 Yeah, he's full code too. Who made him that? Family? 966 01:06:33,308 --> 01:06:37,250 Wow! Look at that. 967 01:06:37,284 --> 01:06:39,254 Maximum torsades. 968 01:06:39,288 --> 01:06:42,494 You working tonight? 969 01:06:42,527 --> 01:06:44,397 I'm off in a little while. 970 01:06:44,430 --> 01:06:47,803 Who's covering? Some tech. 971 01:06:47,836 --> 01:06:51,444 - Think they'll recognize torsades? - Probably not. 972 01:06:51,478 --> 01:06:55,187 But when he crumps, he'll set off more alarms than a slot-machine jackpot. 973 01:06:55,220 --> 01:06:59,295 So don't worry. Unless the tech's blind and deaf, they'll call the code. 974 01:07:09,415 --> 01:07:14,825 Felicia? Felicia! Felicia! 975 01:07:14,857 --> 01:07:17,139 Felicia, I've been trying to reach you all day. Werner! I was busy. 976 01:07:17,163 --> 01:07:19,277 What the fuck are you and your lawyer trying to do to me? 977 01:07:19,301 --> 01:07:23,576 Guess what. I've got a screen test tomorrow for Desiree Feral Cosmetics. 978 01:07:23,608 --> 01:07:27,283 Your lawyer sent the hospital a subpoena ordering me to testify at the hearing. 979 01:07:27,317 --> 01:07:30,289 I spent most of the day being interrogated by the hospital's lawyer. 980 01:07:30,323 --> 01:07:33,495 My lawyer's just going a little overboard. Overboard? 981 01:07:33,528 --> 01:07:36,178 What about that videotape? You just happened to have a crew here taping? 982 01:07:36,202 --> 01:07:38,872 It was my surveillance system. Surv... Am I being taped? 983 01:07:38,906 --> 01:07:41,279 Don't worry. I had it disconnected. 984 01:07:41,312 --> 01:07:45,887 I had forgotten about it until my lawyer told me you denied what you said to me. 985 01:07:45,919 --> 01:07:49,860 I just sent it to you as a reminder. 986 01:07:49,895 --> 01:07:52,933 Felicia, you've got to get your lawyer to stop my subpoena. 987 01:07:52,966 --> 01:07:56,175 I can get kicked out of my residency program. My career is on the line here. 988 01:07:56,209 --> 01:07:57,919 I've got so much work to do before tomorrow. 989 01:07:57,943 --> 01:08:01,785 You can watch if you want. 990 01:08:10,436 --> 01:08:13,943 I'm finally dying, so, please, 991 01:08:13,975 --> 01:08:16,614 just go away and leave me alone. 992 01:08:16,649 --> 01:08:20,257 I know you're dying. That's why I'm here. 993 01:08:20,289 --> 01:08:22,726 We need to talk about things. Like what? 994 01:08:22,761 --> 01:08:28,338 Like, um, eternal life and, uh, your soul. 995 01:08:28,373 --> 01:08:33,316 You're gonna be making some very crucial decisions with very lasting repercussions. 996 01:08:33,348 --> 01:08:35,753 I'm here to advise you in that regard. 997 01:08:35,787 --> 01:08:40,497 So... there is a God... 998 01:08:40,529 --> 01:08:42,466 and an afterlife? 999 01:08:42,501 --> 01:08:47,377 Do you know this is the very best part of my job? 1000 01:08:47,411 --> 01:08:51,819 I get to talk to people who at long last know what's important. 1001 01:08:51,852 --> 01:08:55,393 The living make such meaningless distinctions. 1002 01:08:55,427 --> 01:09:00,403 How should I cut my hair? What kind of a car should I buy? 1003 01:09:00,437 --> 01:09:03,976 Will interest rates go up? I-I don't care about any of that stuff. 1004 01:09:04,008 --> 01:09:07,351 Precisely. All those things: 1005 01:09:07,384 --> 01:09:12,726 the products you consumed, the politics you debated, the people you knew. 1006 01:09:12,760 --> 01:09:18,338 All your life's moments... big and small... They look very tiny now. 1007 01:09:18,373 --> 01:09:21,944 Which leaves just you and me to talk about your future. 1008 01:09:24,116 --> 01:09:29,395 Will I go to heaven? Will I see God? 1009 01:09:29,428 --> 01:09:31,365 Forget about it. Ya haven't a chance. 1010 01:09:33,001 --> 01:09:35,672 But I didn't do anything. 1011 01:09:35,707 --> 01:09:37,976 I didn't commit any mortal sins. 1012 01:09:38,011 --> 01:09:41,885 Maybe... Okay, maybe a few little sins. 1013 01:09:41,919 --> 01:09:45,726 Look, you were supposed to love God and love your neighbor. 1014 01:09:45,759 --> 01:09:48,633 You didn't do either. 1015 01:09:48,665 --> 01:09:51,972 You loved your parents. Big deal. 1016 01:09:52,005 --> 01:09:54,777 I wasn't evil or anything. I didn't hurt anybody. 1017 01:09:54,810 --> 01:09:58,183 Am I talking to a tire iron here? 1018 01:09:58,217 --> 01:10:00,789 Forget about earthly notions of justice... 1019 01:10:00,822 --> 01:10:03,963 where people are talking about what you did. 1020 01:10:03,996 --> 01:10:07,504 We're talking here about divine justice. 1021 01:10:07,537 --> 01:10:12,178 Divine justice is based not only on what you did, but on what you did not do. 1022 01:10:12,212 --> 01:10:17,791 And you did not do anything for anybody unless they could do something for you. 1023 01:10:17,824 --> 01:10:21,598 I'm only 23. I never had a spiritual awakening. 1024 01:10:21,631 --> 01:10:24,135 I was just out of school when this happened. Give me a break. 1025 01:10:24,169 --> 01:10:27,243 Come up with a better defense than "I'm only 23." 1026 01:10:27,275 --> 01:10:30,550 Reason dawns at the age of seven. 1027 01:10:30,582 --> 01:10:34,491 Now don't be stupid. Come with me. 1028 01:10:34,525 --> 01:10:36,928 My hell's a lot better than the hell you're in now. 1029 01:10:42,204 --> 01:10:44,645 Are you gonna drop the subpoena or not? 1030 01:10:44,678 --> 01:10:47,950 That was moisturizer. Now, skin tone corrector... 1031 01:10:47,984 --> 01:10:50,557 I don't give a shit about your moisturizer. 1032 01:10:50,590 --> 01:10:53,696 My lawyer told me the hospital is keeping my father alive, 1033 01:10:53,728 --> 01:10:58,304 because they are making $5,000 a day on him to have him hooked up to those machines. 1034 01:10:58,337 --> 01:11:00,308 That sounds like something a lawyer would say. 1035 01:11:00,341 --> 01:11:04,049 What do you say? You never told me what you think! 1036 01:11:04,083 --> 01:11:08,157 That why they don't let people die, because they're making too much money off of them? 1037 01:11:08,191 --> 01:11:10,696 Lawyers are the reason they don't let people die. 1038 01:11:10,730 --> 01:11:12,742 Doctors and hospitals don't want to get sued for malpractice. 1039 01:11:12,766 --> 01:11:14,938 Oh! Bullshit! 1040 01:11:14,970 --> 01:11:18,613 Everything would be perfect, except that my father is still suffering. 1041 01:11:18,645 --> 01:11:21,017 When I wake up in the morning, he's being suctioned. 1042 01:11:21,050 --> 01:11:24,591 When I have dinner at night, a nurse is moving him around so he doesn't get bedsores. 1043 01:11:24,625 --> 01:11:28,633 When I go to bed at night, he is still hooked up to that ventilator! 1044 01:11:28,666 --> 01:11:32,807 Will you help me? You're not helping me. 1045 01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,747 But I could. 1046 01:11:35,779 --> 01:11:38,117 I don't wanna hurt you. 1047 01:11:38,151 --> 01:11:41,692 We could help each other. 1048 01:11:41,725 --> 01:11:44,129 How's that? 1049 01:11:44,163 --> 01:11:47,235 My lawyer said that even if we win... 1050 01:11:47,269 --> 01:11:49,907 that the hospital or Connie could appeal... 1051 01:11:49,940 --> 01:11:52,112 My lawyer said most patients die even before... 1052 01:11:52,145 --> 01:11:55,194 The hospital is not going to agree to withdrawal of life support without a court order. 1053 01:11:55,218 --> 01:11:57,824 It's too dangerous. You've got a lawyer! Connie's got a lawyer! 1054 01:11:57,856 --> 01:12:00,094 I know all that. 1055 01:12:01,363 --> 01:12:04,970 That's why I'm asking you, 1056 01:12:05,004 --> 01:12:07,074 if there's a way... 1057 01:12:08,377 --> 01:12:11,351 I'm asking you to end my father's life. 1058 01:12:15,090 --> 01:12:17,062 You mean, kill him? 1059 01:12:17,094 --> 01:12:20,936 It would solve your problem too. 1060 01:12:27,350 --> 01:12:31,156 Ignore the monitor. I'm just gonna redo his leads. 1061 01:12:44,082 --> 01:12:47,956 When it's too late for them to bring you back, 1062 01:12:47,991 --> 01:12:50,997 I'll hook you back up again. 1063 01:12:51,029 --> 01:12:53,267 I'll call the code. 1064 01:13:02,319 --> 01:13:05,893 You can go now. 1065 01:13:08,497 --> 01:13:10,936 I love you. 1066 01:13:22,125 --> 01:13:25,064 My God! Do you know what you're asking me to do? I can't do that! 1067 01:13:25,098 --> 01:13:27,603 It would be so easy for you. 1068 01:13:27,635 --> 01:13:30,877 A twist of the dial. I bet you know a hundred ways to do it. 1069 01:13:30,910 --> 01:13:34,082 No. 1070 01:13:34,116 --> 01:13:39,092 Maybe you ought to look at that tape again. It's all there. 1071 01:13:39,126 --> 01:13:42,264 You're saying that my father is in a persistent vegetative state, 1072 01:13:42,298 --> 01:13:46,306 that I'm right about trying to stop the gastronomy, all of it, and a lot more! 1073 01:13:47,911 --> 01:13:50,314 What are you saying? 1074 01:13:50,348 --> 01:13:53,923 I'm blackmailing you. 1075 01:13:53,956 --> 01:13:58,397 Lip color. Nobody uses lipstick anymore. 1076 01:13:58,431 --> 01:14:01,538 I want you to kill my father. 1077 01:14:01,571 --> 01:14:05,177 And if you don't, I'm gonna give this tape to my lawyer. 1078 01:14:05,210 --> 01:14:10,121 It will be introduced as evidence at the hearing along with what you said... 1079 01:14:10,154 --> 01:14:12,927 which should be enough to get you kicked out of your residency program. 1080 01:14:12,961 --> 01:14:15,398 I think seducing me is an ethical violation as well. 1081 01:14:17,334 --> 01:14:19,506 I seduced you? 1082 01:14:19,539 --> 01:14:23,346 Yes! With my father in the condition he's in? 1083 01:14:23,381 --> 01:14:25,551 I've been very emotional! 1084 01:14:25,586 --> 01:14:29,125 You shouldn't have taken advantage of me while I was in such a state. 1085 01:14:31,329 --> 01:14:33,701 Every woman who sees this face is going to say, 1086 01:14:33,735 --> 01:14:37,476 "I have got to have Desiree Feral Cosmetics." 1087 01:14:37,510 --> 01:14:43,054 And every guy who sees it is gonna say, "Wow!" 1088 01:14:45,158 --> 01:14:48,598 It's best for everyone if you do it. 1089 01:14:48,632 --> 01:14:51,070 This is all about the money, isn't it? 1090 01:14:51,103 --> 01:14:53,340 I'm just trying to do what my father would want me to do. 1091 01:14:53,373 --> 01:14:55,377 So why now then? Why not wait a month? 1092 01:14:55,410 --> 01:14:59,719 Why should he suffer needlessly? 1093 01:14:59,754 --> 01:15:03,161 Just do it. Just kill my father... 1094 01:15:03,194 --> 01:15:05,532 or I'll end your medical career. 1095 01:15:05,566 --> 01:15:07,570 End my medical career? 1096 01:15:07,603 --> 01:15:09,004 You have any idea what it's taken me to get this far? 1097 01:15:09,005 --> 01:15:12,145 It doesn't matter? Doesn't matter? 1098 01:15:12,178 --> 01:15:16,588 Ten years of college doesn't... $120,000 in tuition. 1099 01:15:16,620 --> 01:15:19,626 A year of hell working as an intern for no money. 1100 01:15:19,659 --> 01:15:22,509 Two years as a resident. Still no money, but now the hours are even worse. 1101 01:15:22,533 --> 01:15:25,539 110, 120 hours a week. Never enough sleep. 1102 01:15:25,572 --> 01:15:27,742 Never any time for myself! It doesn't matter? 1103 01:15:27,776 --> 01:15:32,518 I bet you'd like some time alone to think. 1104 01:15:32,553 --> 01:15:34,356 I'm really sorry about this. 1105 01:15:37,194 --> 01:15:40,534 You know, I hope you make the right decision. 1106 01:15:40,569 --> 01:15:42,438 I don't wanna hurt you. 1107 01:15:55,599 --> 01:15:57,369 What are you doing? 1108 01:16:00,876 --> 01:16:04,183 What? Hey! 1109 01:16:10,696 --> 01:16:13,433 What are you doing? 1110 01:16:14,536 --> 01:16:17,876 Hey, you're a sick man! 1111 01:16:17,909 --> 01:16:19,679 You can't do that. 1112 01:16:26,828 --> 01:16:28,631 What are you doing? 1113 01:16:43,394 --> 01:16:45,465 I wanna be with God. 1114 01:16:51,643 --> 01:16:55,351 You want to see God with your record? 1115 01:16:55,385 --> 01:16:58,925 No way! He'll never let you in! 1116 01:16:58,957 --> 01:17:01,831 Come with me! I'm gonna try! 1117 01:17:01,864 --> 01:17:05,438 All right, bunky. It's your choice. 1118 01:17:32,091 --> 01:17:34,929 I wanna be with God. 1119 01:17:38,503 --> 01:17:40,876 I wanna be with God. 1120 01:18:07,963 --> 01:18:10,634 On the count of three. 1121 01:18:10,668 --> 01:18:14,041 One, two, three. 1122 01:19:03,205 --> 01:19:07,582 Squeeze my hand. 1123 01:19:07,615 --> 01:19:10,989 Sir, if you can hear me, squeeze my hand. 1124 01:19:14,963 --> 01:19:19,137 Can you hear me? If you can hear me, squeeze my hand. 1125 01:19:19,171 --> 01:19:24,214 Dr. Ernst, see Mr. Wilson. 1126 01:19:26,218 --> 01:19:31,096 Thought you'd like to know we got the will. 1127 01:19:31,129 --> 01:19:34,102 It is a battle between the half sisters over the money. 1128 01:19:34,135 --> 01:19:36,707 What do you mean? 1129 01:19:36,739 --> 01:19:40,747 If bed five dies before the five years is up, which is in less than three weeks, 1130 01:19:40,782 --> 01:19:43,220 then Felicia gets everything. 1131 01:19:43,253 --> 01:19:47,360 The whole 10 million bucks. 1132 01:19:47,393 --> 01:19:49,966 Wow. 1133 01:19:49,999 --> 01:19:54,242 If he lives the three weeks, then the money goes into his estate. Right. 1134 01:19:54,275 --> 01:19:57,715 The old man revised his will two years ago, giving total control over his estate... 1135 01:19:57,749 --> 01:19:59,919 to the oldest daughter Constance. 1136 01:19:59,953 --> 01:20:03,761 If he lives, Constance gets everything, and Felicia gets nothing. 1137 01:20:03,794 --> 01:20:07,033 Both daughters are after the money. Cute, huh? 1138 01:20:07,067 --> 01:20:09,238 My God. 1139 01:20:11,008 --> 01:20:15,986 Listen, uh, I should warn you. Be careful. 1140 01:20:16,019 --> 01:20:19,758 Payne is convinced you know things you're not telling us. 1141 01:20:22,098 --> 01:20:25,104 Have you met the new admission in bed two? 1142 01:20:25,137 --> 01:20:27,675 No. 1143 01:20:27,709 --> 01:20:30,647 I'm gonna finish my cranial checks. 1144 01:20:36,491 --> 01:20:41,001 You think we can slow code bed five tonight? 1145 01:20:41,036 --> 01:20:45,978 No way. Not with Poindexter on duty and all those lawyers sniffing around. 1146 01:20:46,011 --> 01:20:50,220 You know one of those daughters had an outside neurology expert in here today. 1147 01:20:50,254 --> 01:20:55,029 Tried to tell us that bed five's tremors were purposeful attempts at communication. 1148 01:20:55,063 --> 01:20:57,133 Has there been some kind of change? 1149 01:20:57,167 --> 01:21:00,407 Hey. Hey, relax. 1150 01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:03,179 Relax. Would you? 1151 01:21:09,258 --> 01:21:12,497 If you can hear me, squeeze my hand. Take it easy! 1152 01:21:12,530 --> 01:21:15,504 The hospital neurologist came in right after the first one and said... 1153 01:21:15,536 --> 01:21:18,509 this guy's cerebral cortex is like cottage cheese. 1154 01:21:18,543 --> 01:21:21,049 These tremors are just patterns of disturbance... 1155 01:21:21,082 --> 01:21:24,421 caused by neurological deficits. 1156 01:21:24,454 --> 01:21:27,996 I want both those reports. Your time would be better spent sleeping. 1157 01:21:28,029 --> 01:21:31,535 That's always true. I still want the reports. Legal has them. 1158 01:21:31,569 --> 01:21:35,310 Have them send up copies. Okay. 1159 01:21:40,587 --> 01:21:44,295 At any rate, no slow code for this boy. 1160 01:21:44,328 --> 01:21:47,301 Too many lawyers. 1161 01:21:54,114 --> 01:21:57,388 Something troubling you, Doctor? 1162 01:21:57,421 --> 01:22:00,527 What? Oh. I was just daydreaming. 1163 01:22:00,559 --> 01:22:02,966 A teacher once told me, "Be careful what you dream... 1164 01:22:03,000 --> 01:22:06,372 for you shall become as you dream." 1165 01:22:12,584 --> 01:22:15,323 Come with me. I want to show you something. 1166 01:22:20,066 --> 01:22:22,671 Did you know this guy was a signalman in the navy? 1167 01:22:22,704 --> 01:22:26,278 So? So I started thinking... 1168 01:22:26,311 --> 01:22:30,187 that maybe his finger tapping was an attempt to send Morse code. 1169 01:22:30,219 --> 01:22:32,059 It was the only way he could still communicate. 1170 01:22:38,102 --> 01:22:41,442 That's not possible. This morning I watched his finger, 1171 01:22:41,476 --> 01:22:44,415 wondered what he would be saying if he was sending code. 1172 01:22:44,448 --> 01:22:46,651 Is this a joke? No. 1173 01:22:46,686 --> 01:22:52,431 It's no joke. I tried to decipher what he taps. 1174 01:22:52,464 --> 01:22:54,602 I take it there's some message. 1175 01:22:57,208 --> 01:23:01,681 "If you love me"? 1176 01:23:01,716 --> 01:23:06,559 Yes! That is the message he's been sending over and over. "If you love me." 1177 01:23:09,397 --> 01:23:12,204 Okay, so, let's say you're on to something. 1178 01:23:12,237 --> 01:23:15,143 Let's say he's lost all lines of communication except finger tapping. 1179 01:23:15,177 --> 01:23:18,483 Tap him a question. See if he answers. I tried. 1180 01:23:18,515 --> 01:23:23,493 I asked him if he was sending Morse code. 1181 01:23:23,525 --> 01:23:27,101 And? He tapped out "if you love me"! 1182 01:23:27,133 --> 01:23:30,674 Did you ask him anything else? Yes. 1183 01:23:30,706 --> 01:23:32,744 I asked him if he could hear me. 1184 01:23:32,777 --> 01:23:34,714 He tapped out "if you love me." 1185 01:23:43,365 --> 01:23:46,806 Poindexter, vegetative patients typically have a narrow range of movements or sounds... 1186 01:23:46,838 --> 01:23:48,810 they repeat over and over and over. 1187 01:23:48,842 --> 01:23:53,452 I suppose. 1188 01:23:53,485 --> 01:23:55,456 Are you gonna chart any of this? 1189 01:23:55,489 --> 01:23:58,362 I don't know. I wanted to talk to you first. 1190 01:23:58,395 --> 01:24:01,401 Come with me. I want to show you something. 1191 01:24:09,317 --> 01:24:11,689 Watch this. 1192 01:24:11,722 --> 01:24:15,630 Hello, dear. Who's your favorite president? Eisenhower. 1193 01:24:15,664 --> 01:24:18,802 Good, good. And what is your favorite food? Pizza. 1194 01:24:18,836 --> 01:24:21,576 What do you think? So far so good. 1195 01:24:21,609 --> 01:24:24,214 Okay. Who empties your bedpan for you? Eisenhower. 1196 01:24:24,247 --> 01:24:26,818 What is your doctor's last name? Pizza. 1197 01:24:26,852 --> 01:24:29,792 What kind of car do you drive? Eisenhower. 1198 01:24:29,824 --> 01:24:31,796 What's your dog's name? Pizza. 1199 01:24:31,828 --> 01:24:34,567 When was the last time anything in this country made any sense? 1200 01:24:34,601 --> 01:24:37,741 Eisenhower. What's the best medical treatment known to mankind? 1201 01:24:37,773 --> 01:24:39,745 Pizza. 1202 01:24:39,777 --> 01:24:44,521 Extension 9041 for an outside call. 1203 01:24:45,857 --> 01:24:47,928 - Dr. Ernst! - This is Robert Payne. 1204 01:24:50,599 --> 01:24:53,806 Have you thought of anything else you want to tell me, Dr. Ernst? 1205 01:24:55,543 --> 01:24:57,547 N-No. Nothing. 1206 01:24:57,580 --> 01:24:59,752 You're hiding something, Dr. Ernst. 1207 01:24:59,785 --> 01:25:02,724 But the truth will come out. I hope it doesn't crush you when it does. 1208 01:25:02,758 --> 01:25:04,828 Do you understand? 1209 01:25:06,565 --> 01:25:10,206 Yes, I do. 1210 01:25:15,784 --> 01:25:17,754 Dr. Ernst. 1211 01:25:17,788 --> 01:25:20,426 Hello, Dr. Ernst. 1212 01:25:20,460 --> 01:25:24,434 Don't you want to know how things went with Desiree Feral? 1213 01:25:24,468 --> 01:25:28,776 - Felicia, what do you want? - I got the job! 1214 01:25:28,810 --> 01:25:32,717 Pretty soon you're gonna be lookin' at me from coast-to-coast. 1215 01:25:32,751 --> 01:25:34,721 Won't that be swell? I'm busy. I've got to go. 1216 01:25:34,755 --> 01:25:39,264 The hearing is today. You know what you have to do. Do it. 1217 01:25:41,802 --> 01:25:44,040 I'm goin' to get some coffee. 1218 01:26:39,685 --> 01:26:41,922 Oh, God. 1219 01:27:03,533 --> 01:27:06,472 Excuse me. 1220 01:27:09,578 --> 01:27:13,051 Have you been here long? 1221 01:27:24,005 --> 01:27:27,111 Have you some indication that he's conscious? 1222 01:27:27,146 --> 01:27:30,218 That's not so important, is it? 1223 01:27:30,252 --> 01:27:34,226 I would comfort him whether he was conscious or not. 1224 01:27:34,260 --> 01:27:37,166 I-I guess I'm asking... 1225 01:27:39,036 --> 01:27:44,548 These machines can keep people alive... technically alive... 1226 01:27:44,582 --> 01:27:48,989 For a long time after they're really already dead. 1227 01:27:49,023 --> 01:27:51,259 What if he's already dead? 1228 01:27:51,295 --> 01:27:56,771 It doesn't matter. If he's dead, then my prayers and God are with him. 1229 01:27:56,806 --> 01:28:00,779 And if he's not dead, then my prayers and God are with him. 1230 01:28:00,814 --> 01:28:02,983 But after we die and eternity begins... 1231 01:28:03,017 --> 01:28:07,059 You made one mistake. You said, "After we die and eternity begins..." 1232 01:28:07,092 --> 01:28:09,864 Eternity has no beginning. It has no end. 1233 01:28:09,897 --> 01:28:14,708 Eternity can't come after life. Eternity includes life. 1234 01:28:14,741 --> 01:28:19,784 We make eternity every hour, every day, every second. 1235 01:28:19,818 --> 01:28:22,121 We choose what our eternity will be. 1236 01:28:22,156 --> 01:28:25,664 What about the people in here? Their life is nothing but suffering. 1237 01:28:25,696 --> 01:28:29,203 Are you telling me they'll go on suffering forever? 1238 01:28:29,235 --> 01:28:34,881 No, but we all suffer. Suffering teaches us to love each other. 1239 01:28:34,915 --> 01:28:39,055 When we see others suffer, we love them and we comfort them, 1240 01:28:39,089 --> 01:28:43,431 because we have suffered and we remember what it's like to suffer pain or loneliness... 1241 01:28:43,464 --> 01:28:46,806 and to have a cool hand touch our brow... 1242 01:28:46,839 --> 01:28:49,977 and to have a person love us for no reason. 1243 01:28:54,153 --> 01:28:59,230 Listen to your heart. Think of this man as your father... 1244 01:28:59,263 --> 01:29:03,171 and love him and comfort him. 1245 01:29:06,210 --> 01:29:09,718 I feel ashamed. 1246 01:29:12,156 --> 01:29:14,694 Perhaps because you used him... 1247 01:29:17,968 --> 01:29:20,172 and because you haven't loved him. 1248 01:29:20,205 --> 01:29:24,345 But you can change. You can teach yourself to love what's important. 1249 01:29:24,380 --> 01:29:29,122 No matter what we love, it won't be with us after we die. 1250 01:29:29,155 --> 01:29:31,928 Our bodies, our minds, everything will be gone. 1251 01:29:31,962 --> 01:29:36,906 In eternity, I will still be here holding this man's hand and praying. 1252 01:29:36,938 --> 01:29:42,282 You'll still be here asking me these questions and struggling to love me... 1253 01:29:42,316 --> 01:29:44,353 and to love this man and to love yourself. 1254 01:29:46,056 --> 01:29:49,030 God will still be here... 1255 01:29:49,062 --> 01:29:54,205 and everyone who ever lived will still be here too. 1256 01:29:55,575 --> 01:29:57,379 "If you love me." 1257 01:29:57,413 --> 01:30:00,251 What? 1258 01:30:06,330 --> 01:30:08,569 It's a question that he asked. 1259 01:30:08,601 --> 01:30:10,806 "If you love me." 1260 01:30:15,182 --> 01:30:18,855 And what if you did love him? 1261 01:30:18,890 --> 01:30:24,365 How would you act toward him? What would you do for him? 1262 01:30:28,975 --> 01:30:30,914 I don't know. 1263 01:30:37,660 --> 01:30:42,436 Well, look at this. Hands-on patient care from a doctor. 1264 01:30:42,470 --> 01:30:44,441 I'm impressed. 1265 01:30:53,223 --> 01:30:57,365 Felicia E. Potter for herself and on behalf of her father, 1266 01:30:57,399 --> 01:31:00,137 Joseph F. Potter, plaintiffs, 1267 01:31:00,172 --> 01:31:03,612 versus Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. 1268 01:31:03,644 --> 01:31:06,283 And what looks to be a list of every doctor on staff, 1269 01:31:06,316 --> 01:31:08,489 plus a couple of John Does just to be safe. 1270 01:31:08,522 --> 01:31:12,630 Has everybody got a copy of this? Yes. 1271 01:31:12,663 --> 01:31:16,470 Angie, no sense wasting our time. Just copy this into your notes, okay? 1272 01:31:16,505 --> 01:31:18,475 Mr. Hatchett, why don't you get us going? 1273 01:31:18,509 --> 01:31:20,513 Thank you, Your Honor. 1274 01:31:20,545 --> 01:31:24,052 Excuse me. 1275 01:31:24,085 --> 01:31:26,257 Yes? What is it? 1276 01:31:26,290 --> 01:31:29,730 I'm Dr. Ernst, Dr. Werner Ernst. 1277 01:31:29,764 --> 01:31:33,505 I'm Judge Fatale. Are you one of the defendants? 1278 01:31:33,539 --> 01:31:36,477 Yep. That's right. Why don't you sit down here next to your attorney? 1279 01:31:39,483 --> 01:31:41,487 Mr. Hatchett, let's go. Thank you, sir. 1280 01:31:41,521 --> 01:31:43,423 Excuse me. I... 1281 01:31:43,457 --> 01:31:46,197 Is something wrong? 1282 01:31:46,229 --> 01:31:51,708 Yes. Exactly. Something is very, very wrong, and I wanna talk about it. 1283 01:31:51,740 --> 01:31:55,082 This is not a discussion group. This is a legal hearing. 1284 01:31:55,115 --> 01:31:57,687 So why don't you take a seat down here beside your attorney? 1285 01:31:57,720 --> 01:32:00,626 I don't want to sit down next to my attorney. Listen... 1286 01:32:00,659 --> 01:32:04,667 It's a hearing about a man who's my patient. My patient. 1287 01:32:04,701 --> 01:32:08,609 Your Honor, I represent Dr. Ernst as part of a joint representation agreement... 1288 01:32:08,642 --> 01:32:10,411 between Memorial Hospital and Medical Center. 1289 01:32:10,444 --> 01:32:15,655 However, if Dr. Ernst is going to make a statement of his own, we can no longer represent him. 1290 01:32:15,689 --> 01:32:19,329 We've had great concerns about Dr. Ernst ever since... 1291 01:32:19,363 --> 01:32:22,101 he received a subpoena from the plaintiffs. 1292 01:32:22,136 --> 01:32:25,442 We are no longer sure whether his interests in this case are the same as ours. 1293 01:32:25,475 --> 01:32:29,215 - Dr. Ernst, do you understand what Mr. Payne just said? - Yes. 1294 01:32:29,250 --> 01:32:32,421 He said if you're gonna speak for yourself, he's not gonna be your lawyer. 1295 01:32:32,456 --> 01:32:35,438 - Yes, I still wanna speak. - I suggest you consult a lawyer of your own first. 1296 01:32:35,462 --> 01:32:38,168 I just came from seeing a lawyer. 1297 01:32:38,201 --> 01:32:41,439 Your Honor, this is very irregular. Most unusual situation. 1298 01:32:41,474 --> 01:32:44,280 I understand that, Mr. Hatchett, but this is a hearing, not a trial. 1299 01:32:49,355 --> 01:32:52,830 All right, Dr. Ernst, let's hear it. 1300 01:32:56,270 --> 01:32:58,709 Uh, I... 1301 01:32:58,742 --> 01:33:00,713 Well, I-I wanted to speak here. 1302 01:33:00,746 --> 01:33:05,856 I need to speak here, because there's a man... 1303 01:33:05,888 --> 01:33:09,931 in bed five on the ninth floor Intensive Care Unit. 1304 01:33:09,963 --> 01:33:12,970 We're the people who should care here. 1305 01:33:13,003 --> 01:33:15,375 Here are his daughters. 1306 01:33:15,407 --> 01:33:19,315 And they should care. That's why there's this lawsuit, right? 1307 01:33:19,349 --> 01:33:23,759 And, of course, each daughter has a lawyer, I assume. 1308 01:33:23,791 --> 01:33:27,767 And, so, what we have here is two daughters with a totally different idea... 1309 01:33:27,800 --> 01:33:32,376 of what is the best way to care for her father, right? 1310 01:33:32,408 --> 01:33:35,783 No. That's not the dispute. That's not what's going on here. 1311 01:33:35,816 --> 01:33:38,921 The fight between these sisters is about who's going to inherit $10 million. 1312 01:33:38,955 --> 01:33:41,527 Your Honor, please! Please! 1313 01:33:41,559 --> 01:33:42,897 Sit down. Let him finish! 1314 01:33:42,929 --> 01:33:46,536 And here we have this man's doctors... 1315 01:33:46,569 --> 01:33:48,674 in the hospital in which he is a patient. 1316 01:33:48,708 --> 01:33:52,716 And the doctors and hospital have a lawyer, and they should all care about the patient. 1317 01:33:52,750 --> 01:33:56,055 But what they really care about is patient turnover, 1318 01:33:56,088 --> 01:34:01,065 occupancy rates, expensive tests, overpriced drugs, profits. 1319 01:34:01,098 --> 01:34:04,639 Judge Fatale, we warned you. We suspected this man was hostile to our side! 1320 01:34:04,673 --> 01:34:06,644 I understand. 1321 01:34:06,677 --> 01:34:09,817 And here we have... I'm sorry. Who are you? 1322 01:34:09,851 --> 01:34:12,757 I'm the lawyer for the insurance company. 1323 01:34:12,790 --> 01:34:14,626 Insurance. Which insurance? 1324 01:34:14,661 --> 01:34:16,730 Malpractice and liability. Of course. 1325 01:34:16,764 --> 01:34:20,838 I almost forgot about the insurance companies. 1326 01:34:20,873 --> 01:34:24,045 B-But I don't really need to say anything about them, 1327 01:34:24,078 --> 01:34:27,486 because no one ever believes that an insurance company cares about anything, 1328 01:34:27,518 --> 01:34:32,094 except getting paid their premiums and honoring as few claims as possible. 1329 01:34:32,128 --> 01:34:33,865 I see you don't object. 1330 01:34:36,737 --> 01:34:41,112 And then there's me, one of his doctors, who... 1331 01:34:41,146 --> 01:34:45,153 is concerned about making money... 1332 01:34:45,186 --> 01:34:48,761 and getting a new car... 1333 01:34:48,794 --> 01:34:53,404 and meeting pretty women, becoming a big-shot doctor, 1334 01:34:53,438 --> 01:34:57,746 when I should have been concerned and should have cared about this patient, 1335 01:34:57,779 --> 01:34:59,884 my patient. 1336 01:34:59,917 --> 01:35:02,556 And, so, here we are. 1337 01:35:02,589 --> 01:35:06,163 A family, doctors, lawyers, 1338 01:35:06,195 --> 01:35:08,668 hospitals, insurance men. 1339 01:35:08,700 --> 01:35:12,942 Each of us concerned only for ourselves. 1340 01:35:14,881 --> 01:35:17,585 Each of us pursuing our own goals. 1341 01:35:17,619 --> 01:35:19,924 The only one missing is the patient. 1342 01:35:19,956 --> 01:35:22,862 The only one without a voice is the patient. 1343 01:35:22,897 --> 01:35:24,866 And all of us together are the health-care system, 1344 01:35:24,901 --> 01:35:28,809 a system as collapsed and comatose and near death... 1345 01:35:28,841 --> 01:35:33,250 as the pat... as Mr. Potter in bed five, Nine I.C.U. 1346 01:35:33,282 --> 01:35:38,561 And we should care. We should care. 1347 01:35:43,037 --> 01:35:45,007 Thank you, Dr. Ernst. 1348 01:35:45,041 --> 01:35:48,982 While the patient does not have a voice here, 1349 01:35:49,015 --> 01:35:52,522 it is the court's responsibility to protect his interests. 1350 01:35:52,556 --> 01:35:55,928 And to be honest, I'm not sure whether we hurt or help that situation. 1351 01:35:59,771 --> 01:36:01,739 Mr. Hatchett, are you ready to go? 1352 01:36:01,775 --> 01:36:04,613 Yes, please... I'm sorry, Your Honor. 1353 01:36:04,646 --> 01:36:08,252 This may be an unusual request, but I'd like the opportunity to talk... 1354 01:36:08,287 --> 01:36:11,159 to Felicia and Constance. 1355 01:36:11,193 --> 01:36:13,640 I feel it's in the best interest of the patient to find a common ground... 1356 01:36:13,664 --> 01:36:18,173 on how to proceed with caring for their father. 1357 01:36:18,206 --> 01:36:22,180 And I think it would be best if it was just the three of us. No lawyers. 1358 01:36:22,214 --> 01:36:26,756 Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Gentlemen! 1359 01:36:26,791 --> 01:36:30,030 All we can do is lose a little time, 1360 01:36:30,064 --> 01:36:35,574 so I suggest we take a half hour break and let Dr. Ernst talk to the two women. 1361 01:36:49,135 --> 01:36:55,114 Has she won you over, Dr. Ernst? Have you lost your soul? 1362 01:36:55,147 --> 01:36:58,654 I don't know, Connie. Why don't you listen to my proposal and then decide for yourself? 1363 01:36:58,688 --> 01:37:02,729 Oh, you have a proposal, do you, Dr. Ernst? 1364 01:37:02,762 --> 01:37:06,002 Yes, I have a very simple proposal. 1365 01:37:06,035 --> 01:37:08,842 The two of you will sign an agreement... 1366 01:37:08,874 --> 01:37:11,279 to equally split the $10 million. 1367 01:37:11,313 --> 01:37:17,090 You also each sign releases for the hospital and all the doctors. 1368 01:37:17,124 --> 01:37:20,263 And finally, each of you will sign a power of attorney, 1369 01:37:20,296 --> 01:37:23,037 giving me sole and complete authority... 1370 01:37:23,070 --> 01:37:27,847 for medical decisions on behalf of your father. 1371 01:37:27,879 --> 01:37:31,385 - Any questions? - You've gotta be kidding. 1372 01:37:31,419 --> 01:37:34,192 Why would I agree to any of this? 1373 01:37:34,225 --> 01:37:37,766 The reason you'll sign is because $5 million is better than nothing. 1374 01:37:37,799 --> 01:37:41,273 And if one of you doesn't sign, I'll make sure that person doesn't get a dime. 1375 01:37:41,306 --> 01:37:45,180 Don't forget. I can keep your father legally alive almost indefinitely. 1376 01:37:45,214 --> 01:37:48,519 Actually, with modern medical technology, I could probably give a glass of water... 1377 01:37:48,552 --> 01:37:50,958 all the vital signs necessary to be legally alive. 1378 01:37:50,993 --> 01:37:55,367 And I can end his life anytime I want just by turning a knob. 1379 01:37:55,401 --> 01:38:00,778 Why do you want power of attorney over his medical decisions? 1380 01:38:00,812 --> 01:38:05,354 That's my fee. I get to decide what's best for him. 1381 01:38:05,387 --> 01:38:08,260 What if neither of us sign? 1382 01:38:08,293 --> 01:38:11,165 Can you really trust each other not to sneak back in and sign? 1383 01:38:11,198 --> 01:38:14,105 In which case, one of you would get nothing. 1384 01:38:14,139 --> 01:38:17,577 What if I give the judge this tape? 1385 01:38:17,611 --> 01:38:22,220 I'll get kicked out of my residency program, 1386 01:38:22,255 --> 01:38:27,598 and I'll be a doctor who doesn't have prestige or make much money. 1387 01:38:27,631 --> 01:38:30,203 Also, your father will have vital signs for a very long time, 1388 01:38:30,236 --> 01:38:33,009 and Connie will get $10 million. 1389 01:38:33,043 --> 01:38:37,952 What if I tell the judge what you just said about killing my father? 1390 01:38:37,987 --> 01:38:40,023 I could get a restraining order to keep you away. 1391 01:38:40,057 --> 01:38:44,564 You could, but by then your father would already be dead. 1392 01:38:52,983 --> 01:38:57,558 You're not winning. Not this time, Felicia. 1393 01:38:59,194 --> 01:39:02,568 Being younger and prettier isn't enough this time. 1394 01:39:14,125 --> 01:39:19,068 Connie, you forgot your Bible. 1395 01:39:19,102 --> 01:39:24,011 If it were any good, I would have gotten all the money. 1396 01:39:30,993 --> 01:39:34,966 It's half or nothing. Your choice. 1397 01:39:58,680 --> 01:40:01,253 Felicia. 1398 01:40:01,285 --> 01:40:05,094 I love your makeup. "Wow." 1399 01:40:47,145 --> 01:40:48,680 So? 1400 01:40:54,458 --> 01:40:57,231 Everything I believe says to fight for life, 1401 01:40:57,265 --> 01:41:01,673 to attack pain and disease, to hope for recovery. 1402 01:41:01,706 --> 01:41:04,645 Have faith in life. 1403 01:41:04,679 --> 01:41:09,189 I've been taught we must fight death, to defeat death at any cost. 1404 01:41:09,222 --> 01:41:14,832 Death is the enemy. We must never surrender. 1405 01:41:14,865 --> 01:41:19,275 He won't last without the ventilator. I know that. 1406 01:42:03,930 --> 01:42:07,604 It doesn't really solve anything, you know? 1407 01:42:07,637 --> 01:42:09,875 This patient will be gone when you come back tomorrow, 1408 01:42:09,909 --> 01:42:11,913 but there'll be a new patient in his place, 1409 01:42:11,946 --> 01:42:14,752 and everything else will be the same. 1410 01:42:14,784 --> 01:42:17,891 Disease, injury, old age, 1411 01:42:17,924 --> 01:42:20,896 all the same old problems will be here. 1412 01:42:20,930 --> 01:42:25,873 Hofstader, Butz, it'll all be the same. 1413 01:42:30,416 --> 01:42:33,021 No, it won't. 1414 01:42:33,054 --> 01:42:35,794 No? 1415 01:42:38,499 --> 01:42:43,041 How could it? Tomorrow's the start of National Pickle Week. 1416 01:42:43,074 --> 01:42:44,879 Ah! 1417 01:43:14,939 --> 01:43:18,110 Come on. Here we go! Whoa! Whoa! 1418 01:43:18,145 --> 01:43:20,149 Hey, guys! Don't touch him! 1419 01:43:20,181 --> 01:43:22,554 Just leave him alone! 1420 01:43:22,587 --> 01:43:24,759 Come on! Get up! 1421 01:43:24,792 --> 01:43:27,930 Watch out. 1422 01:43:27,965 --> 01:43:31,538 Pal? What's your name? Mike. 1423 01:43:31,573 --> 01:43:35,680 Mike. Can you wiggle your toes for me, Mike? 1424 01:43:35,714 --> 01:43:38,886 Yeah. Yeah? 1425 01:43:38,920 --> 01:43:42,995 - Good. Good. - Ernst! Stay away from him! 1426 01:43:43,028 --> 01:43:45,967 You want to get sued again? 1427 01:43:46,001 --> 01:43:48,573 Damn it! Make sure he's got insurance! 1428 01:43:48,607 --> 01:43:51,111 Better ask him for proof of insurance! 1429 01:43:51,144 --> 01:43:53,215 Haven't you learned anything from me? 1430 01:43:58,759 --> 01:44:00,964 Are you a doctor? 1431 01:44:04,639 --> 01:44:06,942 Yeah. I'm a doctor. 1432 01:44:08,879 --> 01:44:13,623 Closed-Captioned By Captions, Inc. Los Angeles