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HIP-HOP BREAKBEAT PLAYS LOUDLY

Bobbity-Boo?

Can someone turn that music down?

MUSIC VOLUME REDUCES

Is there a Mr Bobbity-Boo here?

Hey, man. You can call me Bibbity.

How do you break dancers come up with these names?

Disney, man, Disney.

OK, so what's the problem?

Well, I didn't warm up properly.

Then I locked when I should have popped.

All right, follow me.

So, I feel lousy!

It's the flu, I'll get over it.

It's not that simple, Mr Brachman.

Your test results indicate you have pneumonia.

We want to make sure that the infection

doesn't get into the bloodstream.

You going to do a gram stain?

Ah, no, Elliot, you are going to do a gram stain.

And I want procaine penicillin, 0.69 units, IMBID.

I'll be a lot better off at home.

Don't worry, we haven't lost a patient all week.

So, how was your vacation?

Gram stain, Elliott.

Excuse me. We do not buy blood at this hospital.

Eliott!

Some sick woman needs to speak to a doctor. Do know you any?

Er, my husband's still in there.

Mrs Brachman.

I promise you, when a doctor's available,

they'll be with you shortly.

That music's driving me crazy.

The shunt provided easier access for dialysis,

but it was clogged.

So this time we've put an AV fistula into his forearm.

His creatinine is 14.9.

VUN is 92. Potassium...

Who do you think Craig will pick for the transplant team?

I know where the smart money will be.

On me, of course.

Dr Auschlander.

Yes, Tshalla.

Have you seen Dr Wyler?

He's gone to Boston General on business. He'll be back shortly.

Is there anything I can do for you?

Could you bring me some postcards of Old Ironsides?

I think that can be arranged.

I'd like to send them to my friends back home.

In case I don't get to see the ship myself.

We're doing everything we can.

I am most grateful.

I'm exhausted. I got to get to on call and get some sleep.

So, Jacqueline, how was your rotation of the loony bin?

Very interesting, actually. You'd fit right in.

Welcome back to the world of real medicine.

Do you think you're going to get the nod?

You can count on it, pal.

Over the heart transplant,

my solo on the colon ulcer during the nurses' strike,

how can Craig ignore a track record like that?

What competition do I have?

Urine output is less than 100cc a day.

If we don't find a donor fast, we're going to lose that boy.

I've been badgering the organ procurement programme,

but we haven't been able to get an HOA match that's even close.

Mark, who's going to be assisting me in surgery?

Well, I'd like Dr Wade to back you up, Donald.

Assuming of course she's interested in the assignment?

Of course. I'd be delighted.

Good.

So now all we have to do is wait and hope for a donor.

HIP-HOP BREAKBEAT MUSIC PLAYS

Are you Mrs Brachman?

Mary. Yes.

I'm Dr Chandler.

I admitted your husband. He probably has bacterial pneumonia.

Do you mind if we go outside?

Er, watch your brother.

HEART MONITOR BEEPS

Nothing more you can do for her? Nothing at all?

No, her EEG's been flat lined for days.

The machines are more for her parents' benefit than hers.

Gives them time to prepare for the inevitable.

I wonder...

Does the soul depart when the will flickers out?

Can we trick it into staying a while with these machines?

Or does it matter?

You're a ghoul, you know that, Wyler!

You're like a vulture circling overhead

waiting for my little girl to die. What's he doing in here?!

I came to see if there was anything I could do for Nancy or for you.

Yeah?

Well, I'm not going to pull the plug on my little girl

to save that African kid of yours, do you understand?

That's not why I'm here.

Look at her, all you can see is spare parts.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Please understand I'm not here to make things more difficult for you.

I don't need your sympathy. Get him out of here.

Mr Kemp.

My wife and I were never blessed with children.

That's why my hope and dreams for the future

are in everyone else's children.

I'm sorry about your daughter.

Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. There we go.

Hey, Boomer,

wake up. Boomer, wake up, wake up.

There you go.

Boy, no wonder your girlfriend moved out,

you look terrible when you get up.

What are you doing in here?

The nurse told me this is where you hang out.

Is something wrong?

No, just wanted to make sure you told that plastics guy I wanted to see him

and I brought this back for you.

Where was that? I've been looking all over.

Well, you parked it in my room yesterday.

Thank you.

Who's Gill? Your sister?

What?

Well, the letter in there from Gill somebody or other.

Two kids and a jerk husband named Ned

who's maybe having an affair with his boss.

Now, you take my advice, you dump the chump like a hot rabbit.

You went through my things?

Big deal.

Clean socks, boxer shorts, baby junk,

a couple of MTA tokens, the letter was the good part.

You had no right.

Well, I was bored, I can't get Wink Martindale on my TV.

What is wrong with you?

Hiatal hernia, you said so yourself.

That letter was private.

Oh, easy, I was curious.

Yeah, you're also rude and inconsiderate.

You've done nothing but complain and make fun of me.

Oh, come on.

(SOBBING)

Look, you don't care about anybody but yourself.

You're a patient, I have to take care of you, I don't like you.

Morning, Marc. Marcy?

I thought I actually saw my mother

standing at the stove cooking breakfast. That's impossible, right?

Very funny. How many slices of bacon do you want?

Never touch it, ingesting nitrates is slow suicide, Nurse Rosenthal.

Hi, darling. Scrambled eggs OK?

I'll just have cereal. Marcy, that's my bowl!

Bye, Mom.

Where do you think you're going?

I'm late for work.

No, no, no, no, come on, sit down.

You can sit with the rest of us just for a minute, come on.

Darren! Jimmy!

Isn't this nice?

So, what's the occasion?

Can't we enjoy each other's company?

I'm late.

Mom, why the family summit?

I thought it would be nice if we all went to Nantucket for the weekend.

Mom!

I thought you kids liked Nantucket?

In the summer, yeah. But they roll up the sidewalks after Labor Day.

You can't get a tan in this weather.

Maybe freezer burn.

Jimmy's hogging the bathroom again as usual.

Mum's making us go to Nantucket this weekend.

No way, I've got a date with Lou Robinson.

Cancel it, you're too young to date anyway. Have some bacon.

Mum, doing a big family number isn't going to bring Ira back.

He's moved out for good.

I know that. We're a family, damn it,

and it's about time we all started acting like one.

Even if it kills us, right?

Marcy, you are not helping.

Can I go now before I get fired?

Can you give me a ride to school?

OK, we've got to hurry.

Drive carefully. Goodbye, darling.

Give us a kiss.

Got to run.

Young lady, you are going to meet me at the hospital.

What for?

I think we should have a little chat over lunch.

I just lost my appetite.

Morning.

What's for breakfast? I'm starving.

Two dozen, scrambled.

They're all yours.

Great!

I got down here as soon as I could, Chuck,

there was a lot of construction at the state line.

You didn't have to come down here,

I'll be getting out of here tomorrow.

I was so worried when you didn't call, I called the dispatchers...

I didn't want to upset you, that's all. Where's Donny?

At school. My mother's taking care of him.

Good.

What happened? You look terrible.

Just a touch of the flu, it's nothing serious.

Flu? My husband has a history of denying illness.

He had mono for two months, he never told me.

Dr Chandler, this is my wife.

Your wife?

Heidi.

Heidi.

Hi, my name's Dennis Coller,

I'm looking for a gentleman I believe works on this floor,

his name is Luther Hawkins.

Oh, thanks very much. Mr Hawkins? Luther Hawkins?

Yeah, yeah.

I'm Dennis Coller. I got your name

from the paramedics training programme that you've attended.

I've been trying to find you ever since.

It's a shame you missed my office hours.

Yeah. I've heard good things about you from some key employees here

and your teachers at the night school.

Well...

Maybe you'll let me tell you something about myself.

No, let me guess. You were born in a log cabin so small

that your dog had to wag his tail up and down.

And your daddy had to spit reels to put you through prep school.

No, actually I'm an admissions officer for Carrollton University.

You see, at Carrollton we believe

that some people in the healthcare field

know as much as the MDs that they work for.

And we also believe that just because a guy like you

didn't have all the opportunities, that's no reason

to keep you from being a doctor.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, how do you get an MD after your name

without going to med school?

Well, you don't have to go to law school to become a lawyer.

All you have to do is pass the bar exam.

Oh, and your trying to tell me that medicine's the same way?

Exactly. By using the knowledge that you've picked up in the field

you can skip those first two years of basic science,

move right into your two years of clinical studies.

Where is this place?

Our campus is located on St Andrew's Island in the Caribbean.

And this is all legal?

Yeah. 100%.

You think it over.

I could be a doctor?

I'll be in touch.

Luther Hawkins MD.

Morning, Dr Westphall.

Morning, Dr Hawkins.

Dr Wyler.

I didn't want you to think that my husband was...

I know what you must have thought.

Well, he was angry and rightfully so.

I would be too if I thought someone was waiting for my child to die.

Well, you must understand, it's just been difficult

for my husband, for both of us.

The doctors tell us that Nancy's dead

and then I can see her chest moving up and down when she's asleep,

and it's just hard to believe she's never going to wake up.

I would like to see the boy, if that'd be all right?

Sure.

The machine cleans his blood because his kidneys can't.

Oh, wow. Tshalla.

That's a pretty name.

Thank you, ma'am.

And you're a handsome boy.

They say I look like my father.

He must be very worried about you?

I told my parents not to be concerned.

Dr Wyler takes very good care of me.

Well, you get your rest.

Yes, ma'am.

There's no-one else?

No. Time is running out.

Take the kidney.

Do whatever you have to.

No, no, I can't do it against your husband's wishes.

No, I'll make him understand.

Our daughter's dead.

Mr Brachman, your test results indicate

you have an abscess cavity in your right lung.

Now what I want to do, I want to perform a bronchoscopy

to maintain drainage from the infected lobe.

Be firm with him, doctor, he's impossible when he gets sick.

Chuck, I drove all the way down here without eating,

is there a snack bar in this place?

First floor.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

No, Heidi. You go back to Manchester,

I'll let him do whatever he's got to do.

Don't worry, I'm going to be fine.

Do you want anything while I'm downstairs?

No. Doctor?

No. Thank you.

How did you wind up with two wives?

Because of my work, I was spending a lot of time up in Manchester.

That's where I met Heidi.

She was playing duck pins in the lane next to me. It was true love.

You and Mary had tied the knot?

Five wonderful years of nuptial bliss.

I proposed to Heidi on Mary's and my wedding anniversary.

Why did you marry Heidi? Why didn't you have an affair?

I happen to believe in marriage, Dr Chandler,

and I wanted Heidi to be my wife.

Why didn't you get a divorce from Mary?

And ruin a beautiful relationship?

Besides, what God had joined together...

No man put asunder.

Mr Brachman, what you're doing is against the law.

Monogamy is cruel and inhumane. Brings out the worst in people.

If Henry VIII had been allowed to have more than one wife

he wouldn't have had to execute the old wives.

I think you're crazy.

You got any brothers and sisters? Yeah.

Does your mother love each one of you?

Then why can't you believe

I could love both of those women with all of my heart?

Yeah.

OK.

Dr Auschlander, can I talk to you for a moment?

Certainly.

There's a guy around here that's been handing these out.

This looks like it's for a medical school.

He says it's some kind of rush programme.

Most foreign medical schools are perfectly legitimate.

Others are little more than diploma mills.

Well, you see, I've been taking courses at night

and I have a year towards my paramedic license already.

Yes but, Luther, for med school

you'd certainly need a college degree first.

He says that they have some kind of special credit for life experience.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.

The field of medicine has endless checks and tests.

There are no shortcuts to becoming a doctor.

Let me know the next time you see this guy, I want to talk to him.

I want to check out his story.

This whole thing sounds fishy to me.

That's what I was afraid of.

You're early.

Listening for echoes.

I beg your pardon?

Every room carries the spirit of everyone who ever lived,

worked or died there.

You believe that?

No.

But some of my patients do.

Actually, I'm terrified of the operation.

I thought maybe if I could get familiar

with every corner of this room I'd feel more comfortable.

Dr Wyler, I've been involved in dozens of kidney transplants.

The technology's been honed down to a fairly routine procedure.

Oh, not for me.

At this point I'd be much more at home with tribal ritual.

Well, I'm sure if I was in your clinic, I'd feel out of place.

From what I've seen, the way you run St Eligius, you'd fit right in.

We're both understaffed and under financed.

But what you've accomplished is truly remarkable.

That's much overblown to the press.

There's no master plan, there can't be.

I do it one day at a time.

I guess we aren't much different, are we?

Because no matter what continent we're on,

the force of life remains inexplicable.

Of course, your technology is far superior than mine.

It's one of the reasons I'm here, to learn everything I can,

take the knowledge back with me.

I don't see what I could possibly...

I've never used halothane

or an arterial monitor during surgery.

No, I understand that.

This equipment's very expensive.

At this point in my life,

raising money is much easier than overcoming my ignorance.

You can help an old country doctor out.

How?

Teach me.

The university I represent is totally on the level.

Not to me. Medical degrees shouldn't be given away

like dolls at a county fair, they must be earned.

Yes, but why should the medical profession mandate

a certain course of study if our students can pass the med boards?

Doctors have to do more than be able to pass a test.

Medical school's a preparation.

Teaches the use of instinct, operating under stress,

rapport with patients, all qualities that cannot be measured.

I respect your opinion, Dr Auschlander,

but you see, we also offer underprivileged people,

who can't afford a four-year programme,

the opportunity to join the medical profession.

Medicine exists to heal the sick, not provide job opportunities.

Still, we are doing nothing wrong.

I intend to do everything I can

to see that your accreditation is withdrawn.

Now, get out of this hospital.

Before you get too carried away, Dr Auschlander,

you'd better look around you.

One of your residents is an alumnus of our school.

Who?

So long, Doctor.

He's a fighter, isn't he?

Amazing he's lasted this long.

Tshalla's been through a lot when you consider the malnutrition,

those bouts with malaria and diarrhoea.

This is one of those times

where an eye can tell us as much as a machine.

If the new kidney is properly attached,

you'll see it turn pink as the blood is allowed to move through it.

Pink, nice colour.

I've never seen a clamp like that.

Big, isn't it? Satinsky clamp.

We're using it for better vascular control.

How long have these clamps been on?

15 minutes.

We try to keep the ischemia time down to a minimum.

Don't want the vessels clamped off for more than an hour.

His blood pressure's going down.

I know, I'm pressing on the vena cava.

It's rising.

His fingernails are pale.

Believe me, I don't want to step on any toes

but, to me, that's always been an indication of a lack of oxygen.

More oxygen, Vijay.

Has there been any progress in combating malaria, Dr Wyler?

Almost none. A million Africans die of it every year.

I understood that some researchers at NYU

had come close to synthesising a vaccine.

Even if they succeed, the cost of producing the vaccine

would be in the billions, who's going to pay for it?

Certainly not the African Nations

where even a mosquito net is a luxury.

Is this the last connection?

Hathaway.

This is the third and last anastomisis,

artery to artery, vein to vein, urethra to bladder.

We're not out of the woods yet,

but we are approaching the moment of truth.

Pink.

Pink.

Pink as a damn sunrise.

Chuck looks worse, Doc.

Well, he's not responding to the antibiotics.

I've changed his medication.

Dr Chandler, how's Charles? He's not any better, is he?

Hi.

Hello.

Are you here for a consult?

Yes, what can you tell me?

Oh, you first, you're the doctor.

No, I'm not.

Do you know what's going on here?

No, no, it's none of my business.

What's not?

Mrs Brachman?

BOTH: Yes.

I don't know how to tell this to you.

Mrs Brachman, I want you to meet Mrs Brachman.

Your husband's married to both of you.

Poor Chuck.

You poor dear.

Goodbye.

Mrs...!

She's killing my husband.

Mrs Brachman, will you please step outside, please.

What am I going to do?

Craig left me off the team for the kidney transplant.

Relax, you're still the surgical resident.

Wanna bet? He picked Jacqueline Wade over me -

a woman who was banished to the sixth floor last month

because he said she was cut happy.

There's nothing Craig enjoys more than a repentant sinner.

It's cos you've got the jitters over that exploding bullet.

I should never have told him I was nervous.

You actually told Craig you were nervous?

Craig isn't exactly the kind of guy you want to pour your heart out to.

My goose is cooked.

That's it! Dinner.

I haven't even had lunch yet.

No, invite Craig for dinner. After drinks

and a gourmet meal, he'll be your best friend.

What a great idea.

And splurge, ask Mrs Craig to come along, too.

You think? I don't want to be too pushy.

For someone who's got the mind of a corporate monkey,

you really have no idea on how to climb the tree.

Mrs Hufnagel.

What is it now? They just got done checking under the hood.

Who are you anyway? Another med student?

Dr Caldwell. Hello.

You look kinda young.

I've got a message from Dr Morrison about a little plastic surgery.

Oh, you're the tuck and lift man.

Yep. What can I do for you, Mrs Hufnagel?

Florence. Well, since I'm in here

I thought maybe I could have a little work done on my face.

You know, like Phyllis Diller,

take away the luggage under the eyes and reduce the chin.

What for? I think you have a very nice face.

You do?

Well, when I was in skirts I was quite a hit.

I can imagine.

Yeah, during WW2 I had about a dozen guys sending me v-mail,

including Mr Hufnagel - may he boil in St Petersburg.

But anyway, see I met this man, Murray, and he's an entertainer.

You know there are a lot of babes in show business

and I'd kinda like to keep him interested.

How old are you, Florence?

61. I add a little in the rinse.

I'll tell you something,

things like time, experience, wisdom,

they all leave their imprint on the face.

Give you character. A special kind of beauty

you don't see much of in those fashion magazines.

I can erase the slate, sure,

but I'd also be taking away some of that beauty.

You mean, you think I shouldn't redesign the package?

No.

I'd bet Murray doesn't, either.

Remember it's not the box that counts, it's the cornflakes.

I like the way you talk.

You think it over and let me know, all right?

But, for me, I wouldn't change a thing.

Now you get well, Florence.

Thank you.

Bye, now.

Hey. Why's everybody so upset at Florence?

Florence?

Mrs Hufnagel.

She's got the soul of a motorcycle gang.

I thought she was pleasant.

Pleasant?

Maybe she's really sick.

Hello, Mrs Hufnagel.

Hi!

Amscray!

She's not sick.

This must stir up a lot of memories for you being back in Boston?

It was so long ago, I'm not sure my memories are real.

My wife, she's buried here, you know?

Danny and I are going out to the cemetery later on.

One thing I remember for sure

and that's strapping on skates,

and carving up the ice on Frog Pond.

Ice is often on my mind in the jungle.

You can still skate on Frog Pond.

Dr Westphall.

Yes, I'm right here.

Tshalla's BP's bottoming out.

Damn it! Blood in at the drain and catheter.

Back on the table right now.

What is it?

He's haemorrhaging.

Dr Craig, have I ever really told you how much I appreciated...?

Yes.

The wedding reception you and Mrs Craig gave us?

It was a high point of mind marriage, food poisoning and all.

I hope there's a point to all this.

You two are so wonderful, you deserve an evening of fine cuisine,

romantic atmosphere, soft music.

Believe it or not, we've had a few

in the six months since your wedding.

I'd like you to take you out to dinner. To say thanks.

Hey, how about next week?

You're out of your mind.

More suction.

Donald, could Tshalla be bleeding from his arterial anastomosis?

That's entirely possible, Doctor,

but we have to have adequate distal and proximal control

before we start throwing sutures in there.

Retractor.

Doctor.

We'll have to pass the anastomosis with impra graft.

What's that?

It's a synthetic grafting material used in arterial bypass.

Suction.

Are you going to release the Satinsky clamp?

As soon as haemostasis is achieved.

Doctor, I'll answer all your questions later on

but right now you're in my way.

All right. Here it is.

Rupture on the suture line between the donor's renal artery

and Tshalla's hypogastric artery.

It looks repairable. The kidney still appears functional.

No, I don't trust the man.

So I heard this clown, Coller,

got caught giving out degrees and suntan oil.

Is this that med school in the Bahamas?

University of Snorkelling. What's in a degree anyway?

I spent two years at Berkeley trying to figure the connection

between drinking 12 beers and throwing up.

I never got sick, I'm never hung over.

That's because you don't drink, quarterback.

I hear Auschlander's on the warpath.

Maybe I shouldn't ask his advice.

I've got this patient with two wives.

Hey, that's big-o'-me.

And that's a very old joke, Doctor.

Do the two women know about each other?

Yeah, they do now, I had to tell them.

You blew the man's cover?

Phil's not the kind of guy that kisses and tells.

That's not what I hear.

They're nice people, too.

I just feel sorry for them.

I feel sorry for me.

Got problems?

Nothing unusual. My career's circling the drain. Gotta go.

See you later.

Do you think there'll be an inquiry?

No, I didn't tell the police.

No, I mean about this suspect medical school?

I hope so. How would you like to find out

the guy taking out your spleen got his degree from the Post Office?

Mail order?

Send in the box tops.

Can't believe anyone would be that stupid.

I'd better go and check on Mr Brachman and wives.

You really think it's wrong?

Jack, you're a doctor, what do you think?

It's how I got my degree.

How's Tshalla doing?

He's got a tough recovery in front him.

Doctor, I'm sorry I snapped at you.

No apology necessary.

I'd be glad to discuss the procedure with you now.

Later. I'd like to stay with Tshalla for a bit, if it's all right?

Sure.

Dr Westphall, I wanted to be the one to tell you.

Tell me what?

Carrollton University Medical School used to be in Mexico.

Jack, excuse me, I've been in surgery all day,

would you mind filling in on what you're talking about?

I didn't get accepted to a med school here in the States

so I took a job doing research for pharmaceutical training.

Carrollton offered a two-year programme

but when I got there I found I could accelerate.

So since I had other training, I took the test...

How long were you at this place?

Six months.

You got two years' credit in six months?

I had to take the test and the boards, I had the background.

Doesn't make you a doctor, Jack.

Dr Westphall, I didn't realise...

Could you excuse us for a minute, please? Thank you.

I didn't realise what I was doing was wrong.

Jack, if it were practical to train a doctor

in that amount of time, don't you think we'd do it?

Why the hell didn't you tell me?

You owe me that much at least

for fighting to keep you here for a second year.

I wasn't... I was afraid you'd be disappointed in me.

Yes, I'm disappointed, what the hell do you think?

Well, there must be some way to straighten this out,

I mean something you can do?

The mistakes you made here.

The misdiagnoses.

I believed it was because you were doing your best

to function under tremendous personal pressure.

Now it seems all the errors you made

were the result of a grossly inadequate medical education.

If I had the power, I'd suspend you, you know that?

Well, I'd like to continue with the educational part of my residency

but I'll take myself off cases.

That's a damn good idea.

'Just because a patient has cable TV in his room

'doesn't mean you can hang out and watch movies till all hours.

'Do keep the number of visitors down to two people at a time.

'And don't expect the patient...'

Nurse tells me you're refusing your antibiotics.

Mr Brachman,

now listen to me, please.

You're going to have to keep this on.

No.

Look, we're finally starting to get your infection...

I said "no". I don't care any more.

I'm sorry about what's going on with your wives.

Now, I had no other choice.

I didn't owe you an explanation. But I took you into my confidence.

And I was wrong.

Well, you hurt a lot of people.

Your self righteous attitude has cost me my children and my wives.

Look, at least you're getting your health back.

Oh, my family means everything to me.

I love each one of them and if I can't be with them

then I don't care about being alive.

Besides, when I die, Heidi and Mary could split the insurance money.

'Mary Elizabeth Swinton 6162.

'Mary Elizabeth Swinton 6162.'

Mom, who's the chubby guy with the big peepers?

Doctor Axelrod, he's a first year.

He's kinda cute.

Is he?

So, about this morning.

Marcy, I really need your help getting the family through this.

You're the oldest and the rest of the kids look up to you.

I've had the most experience with divorce.

Ira called today. Wanted to know which laundry I take his shirts to.

Ira never was a brain trust, was he?

Did you ever like any of my husbands after your father?

Sullivan was OK, except for his jokes.

Seinfeld was at a little too orthodox for my taste.

And the only thing Ira and I had in common was being primates.

I loved each of them in their own way

but I never seemed to get it together all at the same time.

What about this new guy?

Richard Clarendon?

He smokes a pipe.

Strike one.

He's intelligent.

Has a sense of humour.

Wise.

Bald.

Toupe?

No.

Well, it evens the score.

If he's good in bed, he's got it all. Is he?

I'm not going to answer that.

Why not? Don't get all tweaked about this,

I'm not asking for seedy details, I was...

What is it, Elliot?

Have you given Mrs Sugretty her four o'clock medication?

No.

Why not?

Maybe cos it's 2.30.

That's right. Thanks.

Sure.

It was certainly nice meeting you.

Yeah.

Marcy?

Two years ago when you were living with Ben

and things started to fall apart,

did I ask you a lot of questions, or did I just welcome you back home?

Mom, I just want to know if this guy Clarendon makes you happy.

He does.

Well, then don't worry about the home front,

I'll give you all the help you need.

Thanks.

How are you doing, Victor?

Mrs Craig.

Actually, I'm a little down. Thought it was just a sugar low

but it's my third Baby Ruth and I'm still in a rut.

I'm a little early to pick up Mark, do you mind if I join you?

Not at all, please do.

No, no, thanks, I'll just have a cigarette.

I don't mean to busy body but doesn't your smoking drive Dr Craig...

Absolutely berserk.

I know when Mark is screaming at me

that he's really telling me that he loves me,

he's concerned for my health.

Dr Craig can be very hard on people sometimes.

He demands a lot of himself,

so he tends to demand a lot of others as well.

Now, I think my dad was the same way.

I don't really remember though, he died when I was seven.

I'm sorry.

It's OK. One of the last things we did together though

was sign me up for Little League.

Anyway, never got seen me play

but when I'd ride my bicycle home after the game, I'd talk with him.

I know it sounds insane but I'd make up these conversations

where we'd talk about how I played.

Only problem was though,

I usually heard him say, "Victor, you played OK but you can do better."

"Come on, boy, you've gotta give 110%." Isn't that crazy?

I understand. I'm always trying to live up to Mark's expectations.

Just between you and me,

he can be a lot nicer to the people he really cares about.

Yes. You don't have to kick a dog to get its attention.

By that I didn't mean you're a dog.

Actually, on the contrary you're quite attractive.

I mean, I've never stared at you or anything but, you know what I mean.

I'll see you later.

Bye.

So, what's this big mystery about anyway?

Just hold on for another minute or two, please.

Oh, this is the right room.

What's she doing here?

I want to talk to both of you.

I don't want to be in the same room as that home wrecker.

I was married to him first.

Look, ladies, ladies, please.

I know this is a difficult situation for both of you

but right now my primary concern is Mr Brachman's medical condition.

How is he?

The infection is finally responding to the antibiotics.

Thank God.

Now she's concerned!

Before you were the one who tried to kill him.

He thinks he's lost both you and your children.

He's refusing medical treatment,

he doesn't want go on living.

That's Chuck, stubborn to the end.

Pig-headed is more like it.

All right, right now he has two wives

but unless we do something, he's going to leave two widows.

Are you saying one of us should get a divorce?

Well, it's not going to be me, I still love him, even if he is a jerk.

Don't look at me.

Obviously the three of you are going to have to work this thing out

and I suggest you get counselling.

But right now, if either one of you leave,

I don't think he's going to be able to handle the loss.

You're not suggesting that we share him, are you?

No way!

You were happy with Charles before you knew about each other, right?

Yeah.

So, that means this arrangement's been working for years.

The only difference now is that all the cards are on the table.

I mean, your husband's life is at stake.

I'm not asking you to buy a big shoe

and everybody move in together but...

Look, you're gonna have to talk.

I'll be outside.

Thank you.

Are you Dr Chandler?

Muriel Brachman, I got here as soon as I could.

Is my husband going to be all right?

Ah, there you are.

Right on time.

I was a few minutes early.

Good.

What if I'd been late, Mark? Would you have yelled and hollered

and lectured to me on punctuality?

Did you stop off on the way here and have a drink?

You're too tough on Victor Ehrlich.

Oh, for Pete's sake,

has he been crying on your shoulder?! I mean, that would really tear it.

No, Mark, he hasn't been crying on my shoulder.

You know, I can't believe it but all he's concerned about

is being the kind of surgeon that you want him to be.

If you don't back off,

you're going to strip him of every bit of self-esteem he's got left,

and I for one am not going to let you do that.

OK.

Things have got to change between you two.

And to help get you started, the three of us are having dinner,

Thursday night, at the Kahuna Room.

I refuse to go to a restaurant

where they serve Martinis with pineapple spears in them!

You know, Mark,

you're the father he never had.

You're buying a shovel full of malarkey, Ellen.

Augusta, my love, goodbye.

My brother, Eddie - you old rat.

Eventually, me.

Boston is still a beautiful city.

Some of the people leave a lot to be desired but it is a beautiful city.

How wonderful at my age to be home where I spent my youth.

The beginnings of the symphony of my life resound in the finale.

I've been thinking about it, Danny,

I've decided to stay.

That's wonderful. What made you decide?

Standing there, watching Tshama bleeding to death,

everyone knowing what to do, how to do it.

I stood there helpless,

overwhelmed at the technology.

Perhaps, it's too much for me to learn.

If I stay here maybe I can convince

some young, vital doctor to take my place.

Besides, it would give me a chance to spend some time with you.

I don't have that much time left.

Nonsense.

I have cancer.

Where?

Liver.

Why didn't you tell me before?

I didn't want your sympathy.

Danny, don't be an ass.

I've got a cure.