1 00:03:56,274 --> 00:03:57,593 Mr. Goode. 2 00:03:58,941 --> 00:04:00,294 Jonathan B. 3 00:04:03,774 --> 00:04:05,605 Mr. Jonathan B. Goode? 4 00:04:07,192 --> 00:04:10,548 Mr. Goode is a no-show for the jury pool, Your Honour. 5 00:04:12,524 --> 00:04:13,843 All right. 6 00:04:20,275 --> 00:04:23,711 The questionnaires you folks filled out are to alert me... 7 00:04:23,941 --> 00:04:28,059 to any issues that may disqualify you from serving as a juror in this case. 8 00:04:28,317 --> 00:04:29,750 For instance: 9 00:04:30,567 --> 00:04:31,966 Mrs. Goebel. 10 00:04:33,912 --> 00:04:36,472 You indicated that you are personally acquainted... 11 00:04:36,662 --> 00:04:40,018 with the plaintiff, Mrs. Hellstrom, and her lawyer, Mr. Fleischer? 12 00:04:40,245 --> 00:04:43,874 I play bridge with Mrs. Hellstrom and with Mr. Fleischer's wife. 13 00:04:44,118 --> 00:04:46,507 We've been friends since college. 14 00:04:48,909 --> 00:04:50,058 I see. 15 00:04:50,742 --> 00:04:53,051 Mrs. Goebel, do you understand I must excuse you... 16 00:04:53,244 --> 00:04:56,361 from serving as a juror in this particular case? 17 00:04:57,575 --> 00:04:59,054 Mrs. Sullivan. 18 00:05:01,325 --> 00:05:03,714 You indicate you also are a personal acquaintance... 19 00:05:03,909 --> 00:05:06,139 of the counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Fleischer? 20 00:05:06,325 --> 00:05:07,440 Yeah. 21 00:05:08,198 --> 00:05:12,111 I never actually met him, but I know all about him, Your Honour. 22 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:19,433 My daughter Tiffany started working at Mr. Fleischer's law firm... 23 00:05:19,657 --> 00:05:23,093 in the word processing pool when she was 18 years old. 24 00:05:25,865 --> 00:05:29,141 Mr. Fleischer had sex with my Tiffany... 25 00:05:30,239 --> 00:05:31,957 got her pregnant... 26 00:05:32,404 --> 00:05:35,157 talked her into having an abortion, then fired her... 27 00:05:35,152 --> 00:05:39,145 when she couldn't come to work on account of a perforated uterus. 28 00:05:42,508 --> 00:05:45,227 Sheldon Fleischer is a snake, Your Honour. 29 00:05:45,465 --> 00:05:48,533 I wouldn't believe a word he or his client said. 30 00:05:48,462 --> 00:05:50,492 Your Honour, I move to strike myself from... 31 00:06:14,353 --> 00:06:17,106 Dr. Schwarzton, are you a medical doctor, sir? 32 00:06:17,058 --> 00:06:20,016 PhD. I'm a seismologist. I study earthquakes. 33 00:06:21,297 --> 00:06:23,128 That's probably why I shake so much. 34 00:06:23,294 --> 00:06:25,649 Earthquakes will do that to you. 35 00:06:26,665 --> 00:06:30,499 You can't hear it, you can't see it, but it's here. I hear it. 36 00:06:32,241 --> 00:06:33,469 Hear me? 37 00:06:34,946 --> 00:06:36,857 What you have here is called black noise. 38 00:06:37,027 --> 00:06:38,699 - Black noise? - Black noise? 39 00:06:38,858 --> 00:06:40,814 Also known as infrasound. 40 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:43,813 It's sound below the threshold of human hearing. 41 00:06:44,018 --> 00:06:47,328 Not above it. Not like ultrasound or dog whistles. 42 00:06:47,929 --> 00:06:51,126 Not white hissing noise, but black. 43 00:06:51,467 --> 00:06:52,741 Black noise. 44 00:06:52,881 --> 00:06:56,635 Sound frozen in space and time and later released. 45 00:06:58,250 --> 00:07:00,400 Listen. Do you hear it? 46 00:07:08,195 --> 00:07:11,028 So are you excited about the World Series? 47 00:07:12,273 --> 00:07:13,308 What? 48 00:07:13,438 --> 00:07:17,192 The Robins are in it again this year. First time since 1987. 49 00:07:18,432 --> 00:07:20,627 What is a World Series? 50 00:07:21,761 --> 00:07:24,992 Dr. Schwarzton, how many drinks per day before you quit? 51 00:07:25,215 --> 00:07:27,683 What "quit" are you talking about? 52 00:07:29,501 --> 00:07:31,298 Haldol or Thorazine? 53 00:07:31,049 --> 00:07:33,005 Five milligrams of Haldol. 54 00:07:33,189 --> 00:07:35,384 - He spit out the last one. - Give him another. 55 00:07:35,582 --> 00:07:38,699 If he spits it out again, we'll give it IM with an 18-gauge needle. 56 00:07:38,939 --> 00:07:40,088 Did you hear that, sir? 57 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,196 My feet! My shoes! My feet are burning. 58 00:07:42,381 --> 00:07:46,533 There's a fire right underneath this floor. I can feel it through the soles of my shoes. 59 00:07:46,830 --> 00:07:48,229 What shoes? 60 00:07:50,019 --> 00:07:51,134 Look! 61 00:07:52,328 --> 00:07:54,796 Castleview unit 19. What's your 20? 62 00:07:56,693 --> 00:07:59,446 We're still at Kingdom ER, dispatch. 63 00:08:04,793 --> 00:08:08,627 Code 4 in progress at the courthouse. A lawyer in V-fib. 64 00:08:08,906 --> 00:08:11,784 A fibbing lawyer. Sounds perfectly normal to me. 65 00:08:12,012 --> 00:08:14,401 Copy, dispatch. We're rolling. 66 00:08:14,614 --> 00:08:17,003 Code Blue, ICU, Room 426. 67 00:08:17,216 --> 00:08:19,446 I'll take that. You stay here. 68 00:08:19,986 --> 00:08:22,056 My feet are still burning. 69 00:08:24,687 --> 00:08:26,518 There's a little girl. 70 00:08:27,205 --> 00:08:29,275 There's a little girl, see? 71 00:08:54,971 --> 00:08:57,485 - Stegman. - Dr. Stegman, Myron Overdick. 72 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,988 Kingdom Hospital's in-house legal counsel... 73 00:09:00,179 --> 00:09:02,647 calling about the Klingerman litigation. 74 00:09:02,845 --> 00:09:03,880 Got a minute? 75 00:09:04,012 --> 00:09:07,243 Yeah, never too busy to help the hospital lawyers... 76 00:09:07,469 --> 00:09:09,903 defend against frivolous lawsuits. 77 00:09:10,261 --> 00:09:14,539 Just a routine discovery check to make sure nothing's slipping through the cracks. 78 00:09:14,802 --> 00:09:16,758 - What the... - Excuse me? 79 00:09:17,010 --> 00:09:19,763 Sorry, there must be a bug in the phone. 80 00:09:21,134 --> 00:09:23,329 I got something in my throat. 81 00:09:23,801 --> 00:09:26,315 May I represent to opposing counsel... 82 00:09:26,509 --> 00:09:27,862 that you and your staff... 83 00:09:28,008 --> 00:09:29,964 have turned over all documents... 84 00:09:30,133 --> 00:09:32,249 pertaining to Mona Klingerman? 85 00:09:32,425 --> 00:09:33,494 Yes. 86 00:09:34,049 --> 00:09:37,007 Klingerman's lawyers think they smell a rat. 87 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,434 Will you sign an affidavit attesting that... 88 00:09:41,632 --> 00:09:45,068 no documents were altered or destroyed? 89 00:09:45,756 --> 00:09:47,872 Of course I will sign that. Yes. 90 00:09:48,339 --> 00:09:51,934 Excuse me, can I call you back in a few minutes, Mr. Dickover? 91 00:09:52,547 --> 00:09:53,662 Overdick. 92 00:09:53,797 --> 00:09:56,106 No need to call me back, Dr. Stegman. 93 00:09:56,338 --> 00:09:58,056 That's all for now. 94 00:09:58,921 --> 00:10:02,516 You will call me if any more... 95 00:10:02,754 --> 00:10:06,508 - Klingerman documents show up? - I certainly will. I'll call. 96 00:10:10,571 --> 00:10:11,686 Operator. 97 00:10:11,824 --> 00:10:13,940 Get me Maintenance immediately. 98 00:10:17,298 --> 00:10:18,811 Maintenance. Janice. 99 00:10:18,969 --> 00:10:20,038 Janice? 100 00:10:21,727 --> 00:10:24,116 Hello, Maintenance. Janice. 101 00:10:25,571 --> 00:10:27,402 Hello, Maintenance. Janice here. 102 00:10:27,577 --> 00:10:30,296 I've been trying to reach a Mr. Goode for over a week now. 103 00:10:30,501 --> 00:10:34,289 Sorry. Janice McManus here. Johnny B., he's out on jury duty. 104 00:10:34,721 --> 00:10:36,074 All right, Miss McJanice... 105 00:10:36,226 --> 00:10:38,103 No, not McJanice. It's Janice McManus. 106 00:10:38,273 --> 00:10:40,503 All right, whatever your name is... 107 00:10:40,696 --> 00:10:43,051 my office is overrun with vermin. 108 00:10:43,245 --> 00:10:45,395 There are cockroaches here. There's a rat. 109 00:10:45,585 --> 00:10:48,258 I need an exterminator up here immediately. 110 00:10:48,468 --> 00:10:49,537 It's the earthquakes. 111 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:52,911 Plus, some of the white lab rats, they escaped from downstairs. 112 00:10:53,148 --> 00:10:56,823 No, I brought those rats here from Boston General Hospital. 113 00:10:57,075 --> 00:10:58,190 They're dopamine... 114 00:10:58,329 --> 00:11:00,479 re-uptake research rats. 115 00:11:00,794 --> 00:11:02,386 Tens of thousands of dollars... 116 00:11:02,549 --> 00:11:04,460 and hundreds of man-hours down... 117 00:11:04,638 --> 00:11:06,196 You've got to make sure... 118 00:11:06,351 --> 00:11:10,105 that the tattooed white lab rats are unharmed. 119 00:11:10,738 --> 00:11:11,773 You can trap them... 120 00:11:11,908 --> 00:11:14,183 but do not kill them. Do you understand that? 121 00:11:14,373 --> 00:11:18,446 Thou shall not kill the tattooed white lab rats. Anything else? 122 00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:21,313 The cockroaches! 123 00:11:21,769 --> 00:11:23,043 I'll put you on the list... 124 00:11:23,189 --> 00:11:25,259 but everybody's got the same problem. 125 00:11:31,128 --> 00:11:32,117 Janice. 126 00:11:36,444 --> 00:11:38,002 Janice McManus. 127 00:11:38,650 --> 00:11:40,641 Banish Janice McManus! 128 00:11:44,726 --> 00:11:46,318 I am in hell! 129 00:11:54,507 --> 00:11:57,021 Code Blue, ICU, Room 426. 130 00:11:58,378 --> 00:12:00,175 That's Peter Rickman. 131 00:12:16,482 --> 00:12:18,234 Guess we better hurry. 132 00:12:18,397 --> 00:12:21,389 Yes, do let's hurry and save this noble life. 133 00:12:21,643 --> 00:12:23,599 Looks like a suicide attempt. 134 00:12:23,766 --> 00:12:25,836 Guy's got a thing for fire. 135 00:12:32,423 --> 00:12:34,937 Anybody see the Robins go into extra innings last night? 136 00:12:35,128 --> 00:12:36,402 You bet. 137 00:12:38,583 --> 00:12:43,338 If that's a rhythm coming back, we need to stabilize him and get him to an OR. 138 00:12:48,322 --> 00:12:51,792 D�briding these blisters ought to make him feel better. 139 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:55,573 Let's get an O2 tank on the bed and prepare for transport. 140 00:12:55,772 --> 00:12:57,808 Bring the crash cart, too. 141 00:12:59,351 --> 00:13:02,502 I'll be right back with Mary's doll. 142 00:13:23,128 --> 00:13:24,766 Check the scars. 143 00:13:24,918 --> 00:13:28,149 Looks like he had an Aztec for a thoracic surgeon. 144 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,155 Are his eyes open? 145 00:13:30,289 --> 00:13:32,405 You're the one who needs to keep your eyes open. 146 00:13:32,579 --> 00:13:34,615 One false move, and this guy will sue us both. 147 00:13:34,786 --> 00:13:37,664 You heard the court clerk. The guy's a personal injury lawyer. 148 00:13:37,867 --> 00:13:39,346 King of torts? 149 00:13:39,490 --> 00:13:43,324 Only this time he ain't exactly chasing the ambulance, is he? 150 00:13:52,689 --> 00:13:55,044 Glad I found you before the afternoon staff meeting. 151 00:13:55,228 --> 00:13:56,707 - About the earthquakes... - Yes. 152 00:13:56,852 --> 00:14:00,003 They're still happening. They're filling my office with cockroaches. 153 00:14:00,225 --> 00:14:02,181 I thought an expert was coming to fix them. 154 00:14:02,348 --> 00:14:06,466 Dr. Schwarzton. The best seismologist money can buy. Just in time, too. 155 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,235 A hospital chain interested in buying us pulled the offer from the table... 156 00:14:10,467 --> 00:14:13,857 because of these ridiculous rumours about Kingdom Hospital being haunted. 157 00:14:14,089 --> 00:14:17,081 What the hell does that have to do with stopping the earthquakes? 158 00:14:17,295 --> 00:14:18,523 Stopping earthquakes? 159 00:14:18,669 --> 00:14:20,705 That's a tall order, Steg. No, my good man... 160 00:14:20,876 --> 00:14:22,867 the board hired Schwarzton to help us prove... 161 00:14:23,041 --> 00:14:26,875 that there are perfectly rational scientific explanations for earthquakes. 162 00:14:27,121 --> 00:14:28,793 So he's not going to solve the problem. 163 00:14:28,953 --> 00:14:31,990 He's just going to prove that they weren't created by ghosts. 164 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,670 Is the board stocked entirely with imbeciles? 165 00:14:36,239 --> 00:14:40,278 He's a leading expert in his field, a highly respected scientist. 166 00:14:43,733 --> 00:14:44,802 Yeah, fine. 167 00:14:44,940 --> 00:14:48,774 I'm gonna ask the highly respected scientist a few questions. 168 00:14:49,437 --> 00:14:50,665 Where is he? 169 00:14:51,119 --> 00:14:54,111 - My feet are on fire! - Okay, already. 170 00:14:55,579 --> 00:14:58,139 Not even athlete's foot, as far as I can see. 171 00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:00,127 Brick, how about another five of Haldol? 172 00:15:00,289 --> 00:15:02,405 How about that game last night... 173 00:15:02,582 --> 00:15:04,937 when Swango hit that home run in the 12th? 174 00:15:05,124 --> 00:15:06,557 Just fair! 175 00:15:07,792 --> 00:15:09,510 That boy's on fire. 176 00:15:10,418 --> 00:15:12,534 Just call if you get thirsty. 177 00:15:13,211 --> 00:15:14,405 Right? 178 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,388 Just call if you get thirsty. 179 00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:05,716 I'm Dr. Abelson. Can I help? 180 00:16:05,856 --> 00:16:08,893 I'm Mrs. Rickman. There's been an emergency in my husband's room. 181 00:16:09,107 --> 00:16:12,224 - I'm sorry. You can't go in there. - I'm sorry, I am going in there. 182 00:16:12,441 --> 00:16:14,557 There's been no change in your husband's status. 183 00:16:14,734 --> 00:16:16,531 It is Mr. Pedersen who's worse. 184 00:16:16,693 --> 00:16:20,925 The Code Blue team is in there trying to save his life, and I cannot allow... 185 00:16:21,195 --> 00:16:23,311 Excuse me, I'm expecting a phone call. 186 00:16:23,487 --> 00:16:24,966 Mrs. Rickman. 187 00:16:26,363 --> 00:16:29,355 I'm sorry. You wanted to speak to Dr. Abelson? 188 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,879 - She's right here. It's for you. - Thanks. 189 00:16:33,074 --> 00:16:34,826 Dr. Abelson, hello? 190 00:16:39,702 --> 00:16:40,976 Let's go. 191 00:16:48,872 --> 00:16:50,863 I'm gonna talk to Dr. James myself... 192 00:16:51,039 --> 00:16:53,997 but that man is not coming back in this room. 193 00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:58,732 Peter. 194 00:17:03,419 --> 00:17:06,252 Mr. Rickman, it's Dr. Hook. Natalie is here, too. 195 00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:07,332 Can you hear us, sir? 196 00:17:07,484 --> 00:17:10,635 I can hear you. I've been hearing you all along. 197 00:17:11,134 --> 00:17:13,887 I've just got to remember how to work my mouth. 198 00:17:14,113 --> 00:17:15,592 Say something. 199 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:19,628 God. 200 00:17:20,657 --> 00:17:23,455 Be vengeful if you must and take away our happiness... 201 00:17:23,677 --> 00:17:25,907 but don't take away his voice. 202 00:17:27,621 --> 00:17:29,020 Please, just speak. 203 00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:31,607 You know, this is sort of interesting. 204 00:17:31,816 --> 00:17:35,604 I never had to think about how to talk before. I just did it. 205 00:17:37,269 --> 00:17:39,339 Pencil? You want a pencil? 206 00:17:40,416 --> 00:17:42,566 He wants to write something. 207 00:17:48,219 --> 00:17:50,210 Thank you. Here. 208 00:17:57,699 --> 00:17:59,018 That's it. 209 00:18:09,907 --> 00:18:12,137 Dr. Hook to ER. 210 00:18:14,312 --> 00:18:16,621 Natalie, I'm gonna have to run. 211 00:18:27,168 --> 00:18:28,886 Blondie. Here, boy. 212 00:18:29,131 --> 00:18:31,122 Where did you get to now? 213 00:19:26,521 --> 00:19:28,034 You, come here. 214 00:19:30,865 --> 00:19:32,378 - Me? - Yes, you. 215 00:19:43,897 --> 00:19:45,455 Are you afraid? 216 00:19:46,069 --> 00:19:47,138 No. 217 00:19:47,865 --> 00:19:50,663 - Mind if I touch your throat? - No, thanks. 218 00:19:55,258 --> 00:19:56,486 Like it? 219 00:19:57,847 --> 00:19:59,439 Actually, I don't. 220 00:19:59,602 --> 00:20:03,038 Do you think the people who lie on this table like it? 221 00:20:05,491 --> 00:20:06,810 How would I know? 222 00:20:06,953 --> 00:20:09,945 Do they like it when we begin to cut them up? 223 00:20:12,675 --> 00:20:16,634 The dead are always with us. They move just beneath the surface. 224 00:20:17,061 --> 00:20:20,371 For a few decades, more or less, we live on the surface... 225 00:20:20,611 --> 00:20:23,967 in our bodies, then our organs give out, we go under. 226 00:20:24,203 --> 00:20:25,716 And we come to know... 227 00:20:25,874 --> 00:20:29,025 the profound intimacies of the dead. 228 00:20:30,092 --> 00:20:32,526 I say the fear of being touched... 229 00:20:32,724 --> 00:20:34,874 the fear of getting close... 230 00:20:35,355 --> 00:20:37,027 the fear of death... 231 00:20:37,193 --> 00:20:40,549 are all nothing more than the fear of human intimacy. 232 00:20:41,328 --> 00:20:44,320 During sex, we are intimate with one other living person. 233 00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:46,136 But in death... 234 00:20:47,259 --> 00:20:50,012 The moment of death makes us intimate... 235 00:20:50,810 --> 00:20:53,244 with all who have gone before us. 236 00:21:00,166 --> 00:21:02,839 Your grandfather, father... 237 00:21:03,674 --> 00:21:06,711 uncle, brother, or you, perhaps. 238 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,995 Everyone we work on down here has accepted their place... 239 00:21:11,234 --> 00:21:13,509 in the intimate fellowship of the dead. 240 00:21:13,699 --> 00:21:17,328 This hallowed vault is where the dead help the living. 241 00:21:19,390 --> 00:21:21,301 A corpse makes no demands. 242 00:21:21,317 --> 00:21:24,593 With sublime generosity, a corpse turns itself over... 243 00:21:24,898 --> 00:21:27,696 to the science that belongs to all of us. 244 00:21:28,619 --> 00:21:31,008 The law of the living is to take. 245 00:21:31,674 --> 00:21:34,188 The law of the dead is to give. 246 00:21:35,408 --> 00:21:37,399 And that demands respect. 247 00:21:37,648 --> 00:21:42,085 Anyone violating the intimacy of the dead, or desecrating their gifts... 248 00:21:42,569 --> 00:21:46,687 will be expelled from this program and turned over to the authorities. 249 00:21:46,829 --> 00:21:51,425 You will all show the utmost respect and professionalism in this holy place. 250 00:21:52,551 --> 00:21:54,030 Is that clear? 251 00:21:59,052 --> 00:22:00,371 And now... 252 00:22:03,476 --> 00:22:05,228 the first incision. 253 00:22:23,844 --> 00:22:25,436 One, two, three. 254 00:22:26,641 --> 00:22:30,520 Okay, people, one milligram atropine. Epi on standby. 255 00:22:30,773 --> 00:22:33,446 Can I get a reservoir on that mask, please? 256 00:22:33,653 --> 00:22:36,611 Be careful. I hear he's a lawyer. 257 00:22:43,503 --> 00:22:46,256 I can't risk it. I let my umbrella policy lapse. You do it. 258 00:22:46,466 --> 00:22:50,345 No way. One more incident, and they'll cancel my professional liability policy. 259 00:22:50,598 --> 00:22:53,635 No, it's okay. Please, I promise. 260 00:22:53,854 --> 00:22:56,891 I promise I won't sue you. I'll sign a waiver. 261 00:22:57,485 --> 00:22:58,713 Please. 262 00:23:00,908 --> 00:23:03,422 You heard it. We got a lawyer here. Every second counts. 263 00:23:03,621 --> 00:23:07,534 I want that digital minicam at 24 frames per second trained on this patient's torso. 264 00:23:07,794 --> 00:23:11,582 A second camera, hand-held, covering any medical personnel touching this patient. 265 00:23:11,843 --> 00:23:14,277 A third camera trained on me, the attending physician. 266 00:23:14,472 --> 00:23:18,147 All orders to be typed, not handwritten, proofread, and printed in triplicate. 267 00:23:18,396 --> 00:23:20,512 And notarised. Where's the notary? 268 00:23:20,691 --> 00:23:22,329 Notary public, right here. 269 00:23:22,486 --> 00:23:25,956 Danny, is that an accurate record of all the medications and procedures... 270 00:23:26,201 --> 00:23:28,635 received by this patient while being transported here? 271 00:23:28,830 --> 00:23:30,627 - Yes, Dr. Hook. - Clear! 272 00:23:34,298 --> 00:23:35,413 Sign. 273 00:23:39,782 --> 00:23:40,771 My name is Dr. Hook. 274 00:23:40,915 --> 00:23:43,987 I attended Columbia University Medical School from 1992 to 1996... 275 00:23:44,232 --> 00:23:45,460 and graduated magna cum laude. 276 00:23:45,617 --> 00:23:47,972 I trained as a surgical resident at Johns Hopkins... 277 00:23:48,178 --> 00:23:49,975 and did my fellowship at Boston General. 278 00:23:50,151 --> 00:23:52,790 With medical certainty and a standard of care exercised... 279 00:23:53,006 --> 00:23:55,998 by similarly qualified practitioners, in similar circumstances... 280 00:23:56,238 --> 00:23:59,389 in a community of similar size, I order one milligram of atropine... 281 00:23:59,639 --> 00:24:01,516 one milligram of epinephrine on standby... 282 00:24:01,696 --> 00:24:05,245 and 100% oxygen through high flow mask with a 250 cc reservoir attached. 283 00:24:05,516 --> 00:24:07,108 So help me, God. 284 00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:10,529 20 milligrams of Nabisco Frosted Mini-Wheats... 285 00:24:10,722 --> 00:24:13,111 IVpush 5 cc coronary anti-freeze. 286 00:24:13,324 --> 00:24:16,953 50 units, Formula 409, STP Oil Treatment, and WD40, stat. 287 00:24:17,229 --> 00:24:20,619 A portable chest death ray, a sterile claw hammer, 10 milligrams of napalm... 288 00:24:20,881 --> 00:24:22,678 and nitroglycerin in a per saline drip... 289 00:24:22,854 --> 00:24:25,527 and a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. 290 00:24:33,893 --> 00:24:35,042 Hello? 291 00:24:46,825 --> 00:24:49,578 I didn't appreciate that trick with the phone, Mrs. Rickman. 292 00:24:49,787 --> 00:24:52,585 Could you call Dr. James for me, please? 293 00:24:55,168 --> 00:24:59,320 - Nat, I'm sorry I had to dash like that. - Well, you're always sorry. 294 00:25:02,427 --> 00:25:03,462 So? 295 00:25:06,307 --> 00:25:09,424 It's all just educated guesswork, really, Natalie. 296 00:25:09,644 --> 00:25:13,000 Sometimes reading tea leaves and tarot cards will get you a prognosis... 297 00:25:13,231 --> 00:25:16,382 every bit as reliable as reading radiology films. 298 00:25:16,610 --> 00:25:18,646 Injury to the inferior frontal gyrus... 299 00:25:18,821 --> 00:25:21,255 just anterior of the lingual and the facial areas... 300 00:25:21,450 --> 00:25:24,248 of the motor cortex, Broca's area... 301 00:25:25,621 --> 00:25:28,055 may cause what we call... 302 00:25:28,249 --> 00:25:30,046 "expressive aphasia." 303 00:25:30,252 --> 00:25:32,720 The patient can comprehend what is being said to him... 304 00:25:32,922 --> 00:25:35,277 he can conceptualise normally... 305 00:25:35,883 --> 00:25:38,397 but his ability to form words is... 306 00:25:38,845 --> 00:25:40,642 Well, it's impaired. 307 00:25:41,223 --> 00:25:45,102 I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but usually, the impairment affects words... 308 00:25:45,353 --> 00:25:48,504 and writing, causing excruciating frustration. 309 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:58,051 Dr. Hook, is this your psychic lady, Mrs. Druse? 310 00:26:11,339 --> 00:26:13,489 Good and bad news, as usual. 311 00:26:14,585 --> 00:26:15,620 Bad news first, please. 312 00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:19,425 The number of available beds has fallen by two, new admissions through the ER. 313 00:26:19,662 --> 00:26:20,981 So that means... 314 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,429 But the good news is Mr. Pedersen won't be back. 315 00:26:24,656 --> 00:26:27,454 That's not news. I decided that an hour ago. 316 00:26:27,653 --> 00:26:30,292 So you want to move somebody else in? 317 00:26:32,688 --> 00:26:33,882 Nat... 318 00:26:34,686 --> 00:26:36,244 meet Dr. Schwarzton. 319 00:26:36,392 --> 00:26:39,065 Non-violent, no suicidal ideations... 320 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:42,062 no history of mayhem, highly educated... 321 00:26:42,260 --> 00:26:44,296 a housebroken PhD. 322 00:26:45,298 --> 00:26:47,368 What's the matter with him? 323 00:26:47,712 --> 00:26:50,146 As my Irish grandmother used to call it... 324 00:26:50,334 --> 00:26:51,733 the failing. 325 00:26:51,874 --> 00:26:54,069 - He's an alcoholic? - Woman. 326 00:26:54,662 --> 00:26:58,496 Assassinate a man's character because he's fond of the grape? 327 00:26:58,741 --> 00:27:02,416 - Even the Bible says... - No, the devil can quote scripture. 328 00:27:03,152 --> 00:27:06,144 So, what's he gonna be like when he wakes up? 329 00:27:06,773 --> 00:27:08,286 Polite, quiet. 330 00:27:08,687 --> 00:27:11,201 Heavily sedated for at least a week. 331 00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:13,419 And then? 332 00:27:15,929 --> 00:27:17,965 And then he'll be thirsty. 333 00:27:18,675 --> 00:27:20,711 Mrs. Druse is on her way. 334 00:27:25,417 --> 00:27:27,487 Mama, where are you going? 335 00:27:29,579 --> 00:27:30,773 Bobby. 336 00:27:31,285 --> 00:27:32,718 Her name is Mary. 337 00:27:33,366 --> 00:27:36,085 The little girl's name is Mary. Look. 338 00:27:38,027 --> 00:27:39,176 Look. 339 00:27:42,355 --> 00:27:44,630 I'm bringing this doll to Mr. Rickman... 340 00:27:44,811 --> 00:27:48,281 and I want you, in the meantime, to get in Medical Records. 341 00:27:48,515 --> 00:27:51,234 Mama, what good will Medical Records do? 342 00:27:51,428 --> 00:27:53,623 I mean, what's Mary's last name? 343 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,712 You have any idea how many Marys have come here in the last 50, 60 years? 344 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,911 Bobby, I'm gonna get you a last name. 345 00:28:01,059 --> 00:28:05,211 Even with a last name, you can't get into Medical Records without a key card. 346 00:28:05,542 --> 00:28:07,817 You could always get into the cookie jar. 347 00:28:07,969 --> 00:28:09,925 And I know that there is someone... 348 00:28:10,067 --> 00:28:13,537 who issues a key card to everyone who works in Medical Records. 349 00:28:13,728 --> 00:28:15,525 That would be Mrs. Powell. 350 00:28:15,661 --> 00:28:19,700 Well, Mrs. Powell is not going to take me seriously. 351 00:28:20,391 --> 00:28:21,744 But you do. 352 00:28:22,407 --> 00:28:24,443 You take me seriously, don't you, Bobby? 353 00:28:24,587 --> 00:28:26,020 Yes, Mama. 354 00:28:26,314 --> 00:28:30,023 I'm going to Mr. Rickman, and you go to Mrs. Powell. 355 00:28:31,744 --> 00:28:33,541 It won't work, Mama. 356 00:28:33,883 --> 00:28:37,034 Mrs. Powell is integrity incarnate. 357 00:28:53,544 --> 00:28:56,775 Have you girls heard the dirt about Marge and Reverend Horner? 358 00:28:56,958 --> 00:28:58,516 Hanky-panky. 359 00:29:15,831 --> 00:29:17,105 I'm fine. 360 00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:18,846 But feed Sheldon's goldfish for me. 361 00:29:18,995 --> 00:29:22,305 Just two sprinkles once a day. The last one blew up. 362 00:29:22,743 --> 00:29:25,382 That's all the doctors know right now. 363 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,231 I'll call with any news. 364 00:29:30,570 --> 00:29:33,209 The doctor's here. I'll call you back. 365 00:29:41,105 --> 00:29:43,619 I'm so sorry to have to tell you this, Mrs. Fleischer. 366 00:29:59,133 --> 00:30:00,168 No. 367 00:30:34,067 --> 00:30:35,261 Coming. 368 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,919 Just a minute. 369 00:30:40,021 --> 00:30:41,136 Yes? 370 00:30:41,811 --> 00:30:43,210 Mrs. Powell? 371 00:30:48,275 --> 00:30:50,106 A heart transplant... 372 00:30:50,404 --> 00:30:53,874 is your husband's only hope at this point. His heart won't... 373 00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:56,394 tolerate a fourth bypass. 374 00:30:57,416 --> 00:30:59,247 I didn't understand... 375 00:30:59,921 --> 00:31:01,877 what Dr. Shaddy said... 376 00:31:02,383 --> 00:31:05,216 about problems matching Sheldon's heart. I'm sorry. 377 00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:08,103 No, don't be sorry. You're in information overload. 378 00:31:08,310 --> 00:31:10,346 Dr. Shaddy thinks that... 379 00:31:10,606 --> 00:31:13,074 it may take months, even a year... 380 00:31:14,196 --> 00:31:16,073 to find a donor heart for Sheldon. 381 00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:19,074 Any potential donor heart has to be carefully cross matched... 382 00:31:19,288 --> 00:31:21,085 to his pre-formed antibodies... 383 00:31:21,250 --> 00:31:23,718 until we find just the right heart. 384 00:31:24,464 --> 00:31:27,536 That's gonna take time, and we don't have much. 385 00:31:30,015 --> 00:31:33,166 Listen, would you like a break? A cup of coffee? 386 00:31:34,816 --> 00:31:37,284 That's very thoughtful. Thank you. 387 00:32:06,497 --> 00:32:07,771 Wilkster. 388 00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:09,782 Yeah, it's me. 389 00:32:09,919 --> 00:32:11,511 You son of a bitch. 390 00:32:11,672 --> 00:32:13,822 Fleischer, what are you doing to me? 391 00:32:14,010 --> 00:32:16,570 Listen, I can't talk very long. 392 00:32:16,765 --> 00:32:19,279 Four heart attacks. I can handle that. 393 00:32:19,478 --> 00:32:22,117 I'm used to that, you know? Where's Sheldon? 394 00:32:22,316 --> 00:32:24,546 He's off on another heart-attack holiday... 395 00:32:24,737 --> 00:32:26,534 one of his coronary care cruises. 396 00:32:26,699 --> 00:32:28,371 Another bypass break, but this? 397 00:32:28,536 --> 00:32:31,653 Listen, Wilkster, I can only talk for a minute. 398 00:32:32,042 --> 00:32:33,998 Kitty just stepped away. 399 00:32:34,379 --> 00:32:36,097 Did you talk to her? Does she know? 400 00:32:36,257 --> 00:32:39,886 Does she know what? That she married a guy with a frog heart? 401 00:32:40,139 --> 00:32:42,289 Does she know what happened? 402 00:32:42,769 --> 00:32:45,408 - Does she know about Tiffany? - Have you been in a coma? 403 00:32:45,429 --> 00:32:47,499 The whole town knows about Tiffany. 404 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,750 Turn on a TV, for God's sake. 405 00:32:49,932 --> 00:32:52,890 You, me, and the whole damn firm... 406 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:55,739 is being sued by Tiffany and her mother... 407 00:32:55,935 --> 00:32:57,129 for sexual harassment... 408 00:32:57,270 --> 00:32:58,589 pregnancy discrimination... 409 00:32:58,729 --> 00:33:00,640 and wrongful discharge. 410 00:33:01,981 --> 00:33:03,096 Sheldon, baby, I mean... 411 00:33:03,232 --> 00:33:04,984 how can I thank you? 412 00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:07,671 I'll make it up to you. I promise you. 413 00:33:07,860 --> 00:33:09,896 I just need a favour, a phone number. 414 00:33:10,069 --> 00:33:13,186 Remember that guy we defended, who trafficked... 415 00:33:13,488 --> 00:33:15,877 in black market Guatemalan organs? 416 00:33:16,073 --> 00:33:18,143 Okay, listen to me, Sheldon. 417 00:33:18,324 --> 00:33:19,552 What you need to do... 418 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:23,488 is get back into a coma and stay there until the statute of limitations expires... 419 00:33:23,744 --> 00:33:25,780 on Tiffany's claims. Okay? 420 00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:28,028 Do you understand? You coma-toast yourself. 421 00:33:28,205 --> 00:33:30,002 Can you do that? It's our only chance. 422 00:33:30,165 --> 00:33:31,518 Good. Thank you. 423 00:33:31,997 --> 00:33:33,112 No... 424 00:33:33,243 --> 00:33:34,517 Wilkster. 425 00:33:55,626 --> 00:33:58,504 A positive attitude is so important, Steg. 426 00:33:59,363 --> 00:34:02,275 A popular notion. I've seen no reliable data to support it. 427 00:34:02,478 --> 00:34:05,834 Look, Steg. Even sick and dying children draw the sun, trees... 428 00:34:06,049 --> 00:34:08,722 birds, dogs, growing things, happy faces. 429 00:34:08,915 --> 00:34:11,224 Why can't you be more like them? 430 00:34:12,901 --> 00:34:15,415 Part of the new dynamic of Operation Morning Air... 431 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:20,230 is to let the fresh air and the sunlight in on our own personal dark spaces. 432 00:34:20,708 --> 00:34:24,906 In that spirit, I ask that you all support Steg in his time of need. 433 00:34:25,235 --> 00:34:28,352 The Klingermans have declined our offer to mediate their dispute... 434 00:34:28,557 --> 00:34:31,833 and instead are proceeding with a formal litigation. 435 00:34:32,045 --> 00:34:35,515 That said, we must let the Morning Air in on a separate complaint. 436 00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:39,575 Uncertainty has been expressed about working with Dr. Stegman. 437 00:34:40,309 --> 00:34:41,867 Steg may find it odd... 438 00:34:42,252 --> 00:34:44,846 that we discuss such things together in a folksy... 439 00:34:45,042 --> 00:34:46,680 intimate way out here in Maine... 440 00:34:46,832 --> 00:34:49,665 but discussion must always be the first order of business... 441 00:34:49,871 --> 00:34:53,102 if Operation Morning Air is to justify its existence. 442 00:34:53,327 --> 00:34:56,637 So are there any suggestions about how to counter... 443 00:34:56,866 --> 00:34:59,858 this problem of uncertainty working with Steg? 444 00:35:22,889 --> 00:35:24,322 Better communication? 445 00:35:24,471 --> 00:35:26,701 Splendid. Communication. 446 00:35:29,176 --> 00:35:31,736 He never says anything, just yells. 447 00:35:38,502 --> 00:35:39,617 Steg? 448 00:35:40,168 --> 00:35:41,567 How say you? 449 00:35:42,957 --> 00:35:44,072 What? 450 00:35:44,456 --> 00:35:47,528 How can we improve communication with you? 451 00:35:52,673 --> 00:35:54,265 Mary, don't cry. 452 00:35:54,612 --> 00:35:57,285 Please, Mary, I'm bringing your dolly. 453 00:35:57,671 --> 00:35:59,866 That is your name, isn't it? 454 00:36:00,127 --> 00:36:01,446 Poor Mary. 455 00:36:02,841 --> 00:36:04,479 Don't cry, Mary. 456 00:36:05,470 --> 00:36:06,869 I'm coming. 457 00:36:07,064 --> 00:36:08,782 And I'll find you. 458 00:36:09,089 --> 00:36:10,761 And I'll help you. 459 00:36:14,863 --> 00:36:16,296 I was wrong. 460 00:36:16,888 --> 00:36:18,401 You were right. 461 00:36:18,783 --> 00:36:21,695 I thank God, I thank you. 462 00:36:22,274 --> 00:36:25,152 You are amazing. You have to tell me how you did this. 463 00:36:25,462 --> 00:36:29,421 Mama, I have no idea. Mrs. Powell is integrity incarnate, but... 464 00:36:28,790 --> 00:36:31,509 today, I think she was trying to get rid of me. 465 00:36:31,901 --> 00:36:32,890 Yes. 466 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:34,726 Help me! 467 00:36:42,293 --> 00:36:43,491 Finally, the hospital lawyers... 468 00:36:43,942 --> 00:36:46,150 are concerned about persistent, frankly ridiculous rumours... 469 00:36:46,613 --> 00:36:47,762 that Kingdom Hospital is haunted. 470 00:36:48,489 --> 00:36:50,559 Localized earthquakes and other disturbances... 471 00:36:50,633 --> 00:36:52,032 have people talking about... 472 00:36:52,380 --> 00:36:53,415 odd events. 473 00:36:53,611 --> 00:36:55,203 These rumours are of great concern... 474 00:36:55,309 --> 00:36:58,142 because a large hospital chain wants to buy Kingdom Hospital. 475 00:36:58,286 --> 00:37:00,340 The lawyers say it is imperative that we all report... 476 00:37:00,799 --> 00:37:03,794 any strange or odd occurrences so that they can be promptly investigated... 477 00:37:04,528 --> 00:37:08,407 and these phenomena explained in a rational and scientific manner. 478 00:37:10,179 --> 00:37:14,934 Does anybody have any strange events or odd occurrences to report at this time? 479 00:37:17,323 --> 00:37:18,995 That's ridiculous. 480 00:37:19,274 --> 00:37:21,026 How so, ridiculous? 481 00:37:21,580 --> 00:37:25,209 We've all seen things happen here that can't be explained. 482 00:37:26,682 --> 00:37:27,910 Such as? 483 00:37:29,362 --> 00:37:34,117 The foo ambulance. The call comes in, it doesn't show up, or it shows up empty. 484 00:37:36,611 --> 00:37:38,203 The little girl. 485 00:37:39,254 --> 00:37:42,132 The little girl crying. The earthquakes. 486 00:37:42,958 --> 00:37:45,188 Dr. Hook has a very special... 487 00:37:45,673 --> 00:37:47,550 relationship with... 488 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,430 an old biddy psychic malingerer named Druse. 489 00:37:52,220 --> 00:37:55,098 I think he's been to one too many s�ances. 490 00:37:56,489 --> 00:37:57,558 The who? 491 00:38:27,580 --> 00:38:28,933 Mrs. Druse. 492 00:38:29,736 --> 00:38:30,964 Come in. 493 00:38:38,184 --> 00:38:41,574 Don't worry, you don't have to be afraid. The other one's gone. 494 00:38:41,811 --> 00:38:43,085 Peter has a new roommate. 495 00:38:43,228 --> 00:38:45,947 I'm relieved. That was a very evil man. 496 00:38:46,729 --> 00:38:48,959 And he tried to attack Peter. 497 00:38:49,897 --> 00:38:51,694 I was afraid of that. 498 00:38:52,523 --> 00:38:55,242 Well, he's gone, and now you're here. 499 00:38:58,276 --> 00:38:59,789 Mrs. Rickman... 500 00:39:04,821 --> 00:39:07,972 I have so much to tell you... 501 00:39:08,489 --> 00:39:10,798 and I don't know where to begin. 502 00:39:15,533 --> 00:39:17,763 You call yourself a doctor, a surgeon... 503 00:39:17,951 --> 00:39:20,340 and a medical scientist, and in the next breath... 504 00:39:20,536 --> 00:39:24,211 you give credence to these idiotic rumours about ghost ambulances? 505 00:39:24,454 --> 00:39:26,524 Well, everyone has seen them, Doctor. 506 00:39:26,706 --> 00:39:29,061 If you haven't, that's your business. 507 00:39:29,249 --> 00:39:32,924 If I might make a suggestion, Doctor, next time you think you see something... 508 00:39:33,167 --> 00:39:35,761 why don't you reach out and touch it, see? 509 00:39:35,959 --> 00:39:38,792 Like this wall, for example, you think that's real? 510 00:39:39,003 --> 00:39:42,359 What do you think? Yes, it is. I can touch it. 511 00:39:42,921 --> 00:39:45,958 See? Now, do you see anything strange or odd... 512 00:39:46,172 --> 00:39:48,970 in front of us? Say, crying ghost girls... 513 00:39:49,174 --> 00:39:51,130 or any ghost ambulances? 514 00:40:20,046 --> 00:40:22,321 Elmer, you bad boy. 515 00:40:57,648 --> 00:40:58,876 Listen. 516 00:41:00,176 --> 00:41:01,291 Hear? 517 00:41:05,068 --> 00:41:06,945 - Madam, I need your help. - Yes. 518 00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,056 Please, may I ask a favour of you? 519 00:41:09,214 --> 00:41:11,648 You see, I came here to study these earthquakes. 520 00:41:11,826 --> 00:41:15,341 I had a briefcase. It was a metal briefcase. It's got... 521 00:41:15,723 --> 00:41:17,839 my computer and my instruments in it. 522 00:41:18,003 --> 00:41:21,678 And I need those now. I need to capture these disturbances. 523 00:41:24,266 --> 00:41:25,904 Do you hear them? 524 00:41:26,677 --> 00:41:28,030 The voices? 525 00:41:28,714 --> 00:41:30,306 The black noise? 526 00:41:31,583 --> 00:41:35,417 The cries of human agony frozen in space and time, and then... 527 00:41:36,405 --> 00:41:37,679 released!