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Welcome to the Pines. Lights and power are not guaranteed. There'll never be

enough staff, time or resources.

Now, I don't need to tell you all that this is your last chance to complete

your medical internships and qualify as doctors.

So what are you guys all in here for? I threw up in a patient.

You too?

You know, it was my first day back at a hospital in six months after I killed a

patient. I want her to like me. I need this internship to work.

Do you want to be a doctor?

And be a doctor. Just corrugated iron.

Frisbee to be in the storm. Right, you call someone to come get you? You had an

anaesthetic in your leg, you definitely can't drive.

What do you mean?

Hypertension. Hey, hey, hey.

Cardiomyopathy.

Hyperglycemia. It's nothing, all right? It just happens sometimes when I'm

stressed.

Someone get a defib.

Trish, please.

What happened?

Patient coughed it.

You left early.

Yeah.

Huh? Thought I'd go swimming this morning.

I can see.

You look great.

So do you.

Are you going to get in?

Maybe.

Morning.

Hi.

Hey, Anita.

Hey, Jimmy.

good day isn't it oh beautiful

oh

that's weird what's up i can't seem to see you on the menu

I like your shoes, by the way. You can see my shoes from there? I can't see

them, but I imagine they're very nice. I'm actually barefoot in here.

I like that. Very grounded.

Moosie.

Moosie.

You want a little treat?

Yes.

Jesus!

Don't you knock?

Um, it's a curtain.

What are you doing?

Um, talking to my dog.

I share him with my ex.

You feed him treats like this?

Yeah, well, I can't be with him because of work, so... Hey, um... Are you okay?

Sure. Why?

There's a patient.

So, if you want to talk about it.

It's not the same, sir.

What?

It's not the same.

Well, you mean because you didn't make a mistake, but I did?

What's that about?

Oh, they're taking bets on which one of us she kicks out first.

Seriously? No.

What are my odds?

Not even.

You want in?

Good morning, everyone. We're reviewing the case of M.C., a 30-year-old male who

presented to E.D. last week.

Dr. Apostolou is joining us from cardiology. Dr. Farley, you were

treating him. Can you walk us through exactly what happened?

I absolutely can.

Mick came in around midday with an 8cm laceration on his left thigh from

roofing material.

I'm so sorry.

Family emergency. My brother's cat got hit by an e-bike.

He's a total mess.

He was alert, oriented, vital signs stable.

I consulted with my reg.

Plastics were happy he didn't need a complete washout and to suture him in

ED, so I applied a local anaesthetic and sutured him with fluoronylamine. What

was your assessment of his overall condition?

Very healthy.

No history, no allergies, no meds. Did you do a cardiac examination?

I listened to his heart. Can you describe exactly what you heard?

Regular heart rate and rhythm, no murmurs.

Another one of my patients had...

So I was just making sure that everyone was... You were discharging him?

Yeah, I hadn't got to the paperwork yet. Dr Sofale had approval to discharge the

patient. Instead, he was found in cardiac arrest in the hospital bathroom.

Yes.

Resuscitation was attempted.

He was pronounced dead at 4.23pm.

Autopsy revealed an undiagnosed genetic heart condition.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

with severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.

There was also evidence of a recent stress response.

Elevated catecholamine levels.

Did you consider how trauma can unmask an underlying heart condition?

A cardiac exam was not indicated there.

Liam? Our triage protocols rely on the doctor's judgment for the extent of

physical exam.

That's right.

In ED, we need to rely on judgment calls. There was a storm.

Things were hectic that day.

Can we not all agree on that? Yeah.

The power went out.

I was caught in the rain. You want to tell the family that?

Anchoring bias.

Do not fix on the most obvious cause of complaint.

I saw a male patient with a simple laceration and didn't continue to a

complete workup.

Exactly.

OK, well, thank you, Doctor, for your time. We're all incredibly grateful.

It was a pleasure.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

All right, so we'll get together and I will have a chat. It's a little bit

late. Excuse me, Doctor. Can we have a chat outside?

Yes, in a minute, Jimmy. Thank you.

Sorry. No, that's OK. I'm good at it.

Thank you so much, Doctor.

Yes, Doreen. Okay, what the fuck was that? The mortality and morbidity

meeting. It's standard process after any unexpected lapse. It's how we learn from

our mistakes and identify systemic gaps.

Yeah, I know that. I meant you went pretty hard on me.

Well, you might have missed something critical.

You won't miss it again. Dr. Wall, we're in debt at two.

I'm not going to play favourites, you know that.

Yeah, and then I woke up.

Everything was just a bit blurry, you know? Like the light's too bright or

something. Not even a bloody hangover this time.

Has anything like this ever happened before?

No.

No, it's actually... A lot better now. So I probably shouldn't be bothering you

guys. The wife's pulled in the end of it, so... It's good you listened to her.

Men routinely delay presentation for treatment and as a result face a higher

rate of disease progression at diagnosis, which correlates to increased

mortality rates.

Not that I'm suggesting a mortality issue.

Right. Oh, that's good. Yeah.

Are you new, are you?

Yes. Ah.

Do you still have that headache?

No, no, no, I'm all right.

Any other unusual symptoms?

Dizziness, feeling off balance, seizures?

No, no, nothing like that.

Jeez, am I going to die or something?

Is that your normal doctor face?

I'm just going to check your eyes. Can you just look at my nose for me? Sure.

All right.

Good.

Um, I just go to be somewhere at three o'clock today, so to sort of give you a

bit of a heads up, as I know, these things can drag on a little bit, you

know?

Yeah, we just need to make sure everything's okay first.

Yeah, sure. No, I understand. That's all right.

Curtis?

Um, there's nothing obviously wrong with his eyes, but I want to have CT to check

for subarachnoid hemorrhage and a CTA in case it's an aneurysm.

Very good. I'll escalate.

Do you want a coffee? I'll take a tumeric latte.

Obviously. Thanks, boss.

Jackie? Yep, hey.

Hi, I'm Dr Pereira, Yosef.

What have you done here?

Have you ever done parkour?

Neither had I. I was trying to do it with my son.

And I jumped over our fence and landed on a tin planter box.

Do you want to take a look at it?

Just a moment.

All right, this is official. It's crunch time. We've got to get you on the apps.

I don't want to be on the apps. Are you a recent divorcee, fresh mate?

Got to get you on the apps.

I'm already seeing someone, actually.

Oh, really?

Mm-hmm.

Breaking news? Who's the lucky guy?

None of your business.

Hmm.

No, it's not going to work anyway.

Of course it's not going to work. That's the whole point. You've got to get on

the apps. I'll write your profile for you.

You're going to write my profile?

Yeah. Okay, what would you say?

All right.

Don't be mean. It won't be mean. Let's be realistic.

Mildly attractive.

Recently divorced.

Forty... Very late thirties.

Something.

Ah, pom, unfortunately.

Surgeon. Never going to work.

Uh, is he into old man music?

No, I like the Beach Boys. Looking for, uh, what are you looking for? Gloria?

Oh, jeez. Here we go.

What do you mean, mildly attractive?

Incredibly mildly attractive.

Right.

Seven. What is the seven?

Oh, 7.2 in heels.

Curtis, I was being modest.

Hey. BP's at 65 over 42.

Heart rate's at 135.

We've got him on oxygen. Large BIB established.

Injury, sir?

Abdomen, back, broken kernel.

No obvious head injury, but he's unconscious.

Poor fella.

How long has he been down?

Unknown. Some kids found him down the north end of the beach in the dunes.

What, by himself?

Yeah, apparently kids have been fighting each other and filming it for their

socials. Jesus Christ.

Parents been notified?

Not yet, no ID.

Vitals? Airway patent, that's 94%, BP 65 on 42, heart rate 135, GCS 12. Thank you

very much. I'll go get some lines with him, get some fluids going.

Jimmy, get his bloodstains, please.

Holy shit.

Where's the trauma team? They're on their way.

I'll do an E-fast.

Okay.

Coming in here.

Okay, looks like we've got internal bleeding.

And fat dropping.

Okay, that's a major hemorrhage.

Let's activate MTP and call Gloria.

No CT, let's get him straight to theatre.

Coach, ready?

Yeah, ready? Let's go.

Can you pull up a gas in the arterial line?

The tractors.

Pull, pull, suction.

How many years ago?

let's start a bit okay spleen's completely torn pepper splenectomy

yeah okay clamp we're gonna need to don't salvage

this

is slowed push yeah yeah pressure stabilizing slightly

Let me know when you've controlled the bleeding.

Lean is out.

More suction.

Pack.

Sorry, Dr. Walker. May I help? Try and get an ID.

Notify the parents.

Yep.

All right, there's contusions on the liver.

Clamp.

They're worried about the bowel.

OK, tie it off, close them up, let them stabilise and we'll get a new CT scan.

I think that it's OK and you don't need stitches.

Yes, sir.

I... I can't go back in there. I can't do it.

You can't do what, honey?

Well, the woman needs stitches in her leg.

Yeah, this is the emergency department, so you'd think she'd come to the right

place. I... I can't do stitches.

How the fuck did you get through med school?

Well, it's surprisingly easy if you're strategic about it to avoid hands-on

stuff. It's got group projects, sick days, job swaps even. Mate, you're in

the wrong line of work.

Lisa.

OK. OK, come with me. Come on.

What... I...

Don't do this.

It's dead.

Don't you think there'd be bruises on his face if there was kids fighting?

Maybe there's a no headshot rule in teen fight club.

You right, Jimmy?

Look, Mick's death was not your fault.

You gotta talk about these things, mate.

If you keep pressing them down and soldering on, these things have a habit

of bursting back at you when you least expect it. Look, I'm fine.

We all spoke about it this morning in forensic detail.

All right.

Just letting you know I'm here, OK?

I'm going to go ID this kid. Sure.

No, no, I need to speak to whoever's in charge of missing the persons.

Yes.

Thank you. Hey, Jimmy.

Some kids in the waiting room want to talk to you.

To me?

Yeah, to the doctor who saw the bashed kid from the beach, brah.

Okay, thank you.

Boys.

Hey.

I'm Jimmy, the doctor here.

You know something about the kid that Ambrose brought in?

Uh, yeah, we are. We found him.

Have there been fights at the dunes?

Look, he can't tell me his name.

Doesn't have an ID. I'm just trying to find his mum or dad.

I mean, yeah, there's been fights, but, uh, not this kid.

You guys have a rule about not hitting in the face or something?

Oh, we didn't do it, bro.

We found him up there. I mean, it looked pretty fucked up.

You know him?

Not really. Just play basketball sometimes.

Do you know his name?

Toby. Is that right?

Anything about him?

School, address, anything?

He goes to Albany College.

I think he's in year seven.

Cool.

Thanks, boys.

Is he going to be all right?

Not too sure.

I thought you were in the effort for vomiting at a patient.

Come on, no shame.

I forged my boss's signature on a rural placement that I didn't do.

She just fucked up by having kids. Yeah, that's not that wrong, actually.

So, come on, what did you do?

Thanks, Mum.

I was...

Stitching up a patient, a kitchen knife laceration on her forearm, and I nicked

the radial artery.

It was like the tiniest millimetre too deep, but I couldn't control the

bleeding, and it was like a sprinkler hose.

And she just had this look on her face, like she trusted me, and then she was

scared of me.

And so I spewed on her.

Screw you guys.

Sorry, Joseph.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

Every time I've tried to do stitches since, I just freak out. So my reg

failed my first internship on core competencies.

Oh. What do you know? The system works. I've seen you do blood draws and

catheters and wound irrigation.

It's just stitches.

Well, luckily for you, Dr. Wilson here is weirdly gifted at stitches.

I come from a long line of seamstresses.

You just need to practice.

I'll give you a lesson.

Will you? I'm not going to give you a lesson.

What? Dr.

Wall's post-op urinary catheter insertion. I'll trade you.

Okay, yeah.

I'll owe you.

No, I doubt it. She's a belligerent dowager with a prolapse.

Her shit is messed up.

Oscar? Elle?

Look down. I'm in the bowl.

I'm watching you. What are you doing in my place?

I'm taking Moosh.

Not your day?

I want him to live with me full time.

Okay, but that's not what we agreed on. You can't just have talked to my dog.

Our dog.

I was going to leave a note.

What? We're here at work all the time now, and it's not fair to Moosh. No, no,

no. You know he doesn't like to be alone.

You can't do this. That's why I got the camera.

He needs attention.

I love him.

Look, you can have him when your day's off.

I don't have days off.

Exactly. No, no.

Bye, Ellie.

Bye-bye.

Oh, was she?

My ex just stole my dog.

Do I go to the cops?

Um... What, are you on his side?

No. Kind of on the dog's side.

She is how I survived the last six months. I need him.

Hi, Lisa.

Hi.

Luke's wife?

Yeah, Melissa, hi.

They'll be ready for you soon. Great.

What's this brain scan actually looking for?

Any abnormalities that we should worry about.

Cancer, tumors?

Strokes, brain bleeds, aneurysms, edema, fractures, abscesses, encephalitis.

Most of those have a low index of suspicion.

Oh, that's great.

Is that your kids?

Uh, yeah, our fur kids.

Flemish rabbits.

Oh, my God.

They're so cute.

Big shitters.

Do they require much attention?

No, they don't like being touched and they completely ignore it. Don't they,

sweetheart?

That sounds unrewarding. Well, it's not your pet's job to make you feel good.

They're ready for you. We'll get you in a gown.

So far? Right. Okay. Let's go.

Oh,

wheelchair and everything. Right.

Here we go.

Are you?

Yeah, I am. Might as well have a bit of fun while you're here.

Ava.

Hey, I was just... Change and got piss all over my scrubs from an incontinent

patient. Did you talk Miss Greenwood through her aftercare before you

discharged her?

Absolutely. It's not in her notes.

Really?

That's weird.

So sorry, I must have forgotten a document. Got pulled straight on to the

pisser.

I'll update her notes.

Right now.

We got him into surgery as fast as possible.

Our lead surgeon, Dr. Wall, removed his torn spleen and controlled the internal

bleeding.

He's in intensive care.

Is he going to die?

Look, he's not out of trouble.

But his condition is a bit more stable now.

What about brain damage?

We'll know more when he wakes up.

At the moment, it's too early to tell.

Um... The school said that kids have been having fights

and filming it.

Did he say who did it?

I'm sorry, I wasn't conscious.

I'll let ICU know that you were here.

This one's on the base of the tip. Looks like it's blistering.

And this one's hugging the brain stem.

The walls are paper thin there.

And you think it's a sentinel blade?

Perhaps.

But the CT's clean.

We might have missed it if it was more than 12 hours ago.

Do we need a lumbar puncture?

No. Straight to New York.

They're going to want to operate.

Wait, but he could... Yeah, I know.

I'll talk to him.

Well, an aneurysm is a weak spot in the blood vessel, and over time the pressure

builds up, and it can stretch, and it can burst.

Right, okay.

Doesn't sound ideal. No. So what does it mean?

One of them is near the part of your brain which controls your breathing and

heartbeat. The other is also extremely dangerous.

OK, so what do we do? Well, we're going to refer you to neurosurgery and they'll

take you through your options.

Surgery is the only option. The risk of a rupture is extremely high.

OK, well, what does surgery involve?

Well, what they'll do is they'll try and clip the aneurysm or they'll block it up

from the inside with tiny little coils because of where they are, right near

the brain stem.

There's quite a considerable risk with the procedure.

What does that mean?

Well... It means you could die.

Thank you, Ellie.

Right.

Shit.

Okay.

What do I do?

What would you do if it was you? Well, in my experience, Luke, nobody knows

what they're going to do until it happens to them.

You have to make an informed decision by yourself.

Mate, you're about to give me another aneurysm. You got any actual advice?

I'd go straight to surgery.

Okay.

Thanks, Ellie.

We doing this?

Yeah. Yeah? Yeah.

We need to have sex first.

Excuse me?

We've been trying to have a baby for three years. We've been getting

fertility treatment.

My LH level spiked this morning. If we don't do it today, we're going to miss

the window. Yeah.

I'm sorry, you'll have to wait until after the surgery.

Yeah, that kind of exertion, that could rupture an aneurysm.

You could consider freezing the sperm after the surgery. No, it'll be too

late. Well, it's not safe. It could kill you. But you said the surgery could kill

me, right?

So it's surgery or sex with my wife. If I've got to go, it's not a tough choice.

Look, to be honest, Luke, with the meds that you're on, you may not even be able

to make it happen. You know what I'm saying? Well, then you could just give

me something, couldn't you?

We can't facilitate that.

I'll get the referral happening.

Yeah, very good.

No, no.

Just wait, Ellie.

Just take me home now. We'll take our chances. Thanks. Luke, I think we

should... You heard what they said. No, no, you can't. It's too dangerous. I

appreciate your help. Let's go. Wait, wait, wait.

Hey,

Mr Van Rijk, how you feeling?

It's insane.

Even the most gentle ejaculation could be fatal.

I could think of worse ways to go.

That's not even an argument. And even if they did conceive, he might not live to

meet the baby.

They know that.

Well, I can't support it. We'd better be protecting people.

That's not going to be your responsibility.

He's my patient. How am I not meant to feel responsible if he dies? Well, if we

said no, they're going to go home and do it anyway this way. They're here, and we

can help if things go south.

Oopsie-daisy.

And it's his decision.

Are you actually going to write me a prescription?

What, for the little blue pill?

Absolutely not.

Oh, my God.

Samples.

Hi.

I'm so sorry to ask you this. We just got a form that we need you to fill out.

What is it?

Just a consent form.

Authority to release medical records.

What do you need that for?

We just need relevant history.

Check for underlying conditions.

We already told you. He doesn't have any.

Yeah, I understand that.

We've just got to be thorough.

Have they found the little shits who did this?

We've reported Toby's case to the police.

Would you guys like a tea or a coffee or anything?

You do it.

Let me know if you need anything.

I'm after the records of a Toby Hammond, date of birth 1910, 2014.

What?

Come on, can't you just email it to me?

Okay, just give me a second. Thank you.

Theo?

Do we have a fax machine?

Right there.

Hello? Hi.

Yeah. Just getting them now.

Thank you very much. Bye.

It's a honeymoon, sweet darling.

Well, it's not exactly champagne and candles, but it's private.

Please, sit down.

Now, as you've never had these before, I have to tell you, these things will make

you run forever. But the finishing line gets further and further away.

You feel like you're just on the brink, but you just can't quite get there.

It's like... The race is over, everyone's gone home, and you're still

running. But we don't want that.

And Melissa is going to need your very, very special help.

Your task is for Luke to reach ejaculation with a minimum of physical

exertion.

Doctor's orders, darling. Just the least amount of physical effort possible. Yes,

thank you.

Okay. Just to get the job done. I got it, Doc.

Okay, we'll be outside in case there's any problems.

Do you want some music? No.

It's all right.

Well, that's good. There's no signal here anyway.

Could bring me a saxophone.

That's all right, mate. Thanks.

Thank you.

No worries.

Good luck.

Thanks, mate.

I couldn't find those extra compression bandages that you asked for.

Look at her.

She knows.

We just had a patient die in a bathroom and now you're trying to kill another

one? You should know better.

How did you know?

I see everything.

Nurses are smitches.

Nurses are doing the right thing, and you're a dickhead.

If something goes wrong, this will be so damaging for the hospital. Now we're

going to go home and do it.

So by my calculations, it's far less damaging than sending him home and

dying. And by the way, there's that puppet trial. Oh my God, don't even tell

me that.

As soon as possible, get him over to Nuro.

In future.

Ignore everything he said.

She's going to throw me out.

She's not going to throw you out.

Unless he dies.

Gloria. Yeah, hi.

Look at this.

We're on North Shore, December, spiral arm break. Northern Beach is private,

last September, fractured rib.

Macquarie Hospital, last June, fractured collarbone. Always different hospitals.

It's not kids in the dunes. It's him. It's the dad. Jimmy, slow down. It's

mandatory for child abuse to be reported, and that's been done.

Okay. Okay, so what now?

The police will investigate.

The child services will investigate. Look at this code. Is this code?

Every single time it's been reported.

What? Yeah.

And it keeps happening.

Yeah. Gloria?

Yeah. Toby Hammond, test results.

CT show the portion of the small intestine was weakened during the

initial trauma.

Oh, look at the bowel wall that Vince erupted.

We're going to have to open him up again.

I'll re-fertilise it. Yeah.

Can you get push on the line?

Yeah.

Looks like we were lucky.

How are you feeling?

Still standing, mate.

Melissa, how are you?

We'll transfer you to Nero in about half an hour.

OK.

I know you think we're crazy, Ellie, but thank you.

It's just not a risk I would have taken.

Well, hopefully you'll never have to.

Let me get this off you.

We're going to remove the damaged section of the bowel, reconnect the

healthy end, and then clean it up and remove the infected

material.

Yeah, clean it out.

Yeah. Okay, right.

Retractor.

Okay.

And start at the top end. Keep it clean and... Yeah.

Hey, Ellie.

I don't think you've noticed, but I've actually been ignoring you.

No, I haven't. Sorry, I'm too busy dealing with life-threatening erections.

Oh.

Well, there is no safe way for me to reply to that, so... That's right.

There isn't.

Anyway, can you come here for a sec?

Yeah.

Just give me a minute.

What are we doing? Fuck the kids, you piece of shit. You're just trying to get

our person back. Jimmy, stop it. Do you understand me?

Jimmy, get off him.

Stop it. Stop it. You don't deserve to be a father, you piece of shit. He

assaulted me. Well, this is completely unacceptable.

I will deal with it. Out now.

Out. You're going to lose your job, mate.

You'll be hearing from my lawyer. Bring it on, asshole. I'm so sorry about this.

Jimmy. Jimmy.

Beat this kid nearly to death, Gloria.

It's not our job to punish the guilty.

Losing a patient is traumatic. It takes time to process.

Well, sometimes... Sometimes we see terrible things and some people can't

handle it, but if you can't control your emotions, then you're no use to us here.

It's not like we do nothing.

No, we don't do nothing. We do our jobs, and our jobs is much more than doing

nothing.

Get a few punches in?

Distracted?

It's tough.

It is.

My dad was a good guy.

He was kind.

Always helped people.

Now the older I get, the more I come to the conclusion that trying to be kind is

the best thing a man can try to be.

He died of a heart attack. We found the barbecue.

He was 41.

I was 11.

I'm sorry to hear that, mate.

You think it was a genetic part condition?

I've got a friend who's a cardio specialist. I'll get you in to see him.

Come on.

We've got another M&M meeting.

It's a special one.

Gloria's on the warpath.

She's paying short odds, but she's a dead sir.

Put me down.

What are my odds?

Well, I figured someone who's given up as much as you have to be, he probably

wouldn't duck early.

I'll put 20 on me, stay.

Oh, my God, she's actually going to have somebody out. Probably. My money's on

the intern who assaulted the patient's father.

OK,

good afternoon, everybody. Quiet, please.

Right, here we have some textbook suturing.

Very impressive needlework, Dr Pereira. Actually, Dr Waller, it wasn't me.

Hmm?

No. Is your name on the note?

Yes, I... Can you sit down, Yosef?

Go on.

I took the initial history, but Josh, Dr Wilson, treated the patient.

Right.

OK, and you?

What did you do?

I swapped jobs.

I did a catheter insertion for your patient, Mrs Aronson.

Hmm.

That was no problem.

She was nice.

It's good work, Yosef.

Well done.

Right,

next.

Ava. Yes. Stop the war. Last week, you treated Bin Long, 68 years old.

Came in for routine hernia repair. You were on post-op and discharged, correct?

Yeah.

Discharged per protocol on Friday.

Right, and you provided aftercare?

Yeah. Okay.

Can you explain exactly to everybody how you educated our patient on the use of a

spirometer, please?

I demonstrated proper technique, had him practice several cycles, reviewed the

warning signs of inadequate lung expansion. Twice, in fact. Yeah, and he

understood?

Yeah, he did it himself in front of me.

Right.

Well, when I spoke to...

Nicola, and Nicola spoke to him. He said otherwise.

Probably confused.

Post-operative patients can have memory issues with medications and stress.

He returned today with bilateral pneumonia and he's currently in ICU.

I'll review personally. And there is no documentation on spirometer education.

And the nurse's records either. But the nurses were busy. I handled it directly

with the patient during evening rounds.

They probably didn't document it properly.

Oh, shit.

She's a third-rate surgeon in a fourth-rate hospital.

What would she know?

Anyway, I've got an offer for a big pharma sales gig with, like, bonuses and

commissions.

So, uh...

She can see.

I got it.

Her shitty little 70 grand bullshit internship up her tiny little laser eye

pole. Coming up.

Well, she took that well, huh?

Hello, Jet.

Dr. Seymour. Dr. Wall.

Drinky.

Plants. Plants?

Yes, I've got plants. I've got life.

Plants. Come on. Come out and have a drink with me.

Otherwise, you know all too well I'll just go home, microdose mushrooms, and

play with my Gilead Lego.

Star Wars things?

Lord of the Rings.

Oh, my God. Oh, yeah.

Okay. Well, give me a call if your date doesn't work out, huh? Yeah. We'll do

that, yeah.

You can take his treats and his toys and thank you, but you're leaving the cave.

Okay. I'm never going to forgive you for taking him.

Can I please have a moment alone with my dog?

Sure.

I'm so sorry.

You are the best dog in the whole wide world.

I didn't realize you were still here.

Yeah, I, um... Just forgot my phone.

My dog. I let my ex take him.

You were right.

What about what?

It's not the same.

You came back the next day.

When it happened to me, I... I couldn't keep going. I couldn't face trying so

hard to be a doctor anymore.

Till I quit. I disappeared.

I didn't call anyone.

I didn't call you.

I couldn't do it.

But you're here now.

And you're doing it.

It's just that, um...

I know what it feels like to lose a dog.

And if you ever need someone to talk to.

Very funny.

Kind of funny.

Come back to me.