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Novak and Violet are 10 minutes out. I can take it. I wonder why he's so eager.

Could it have something to do with a certain paramedic?

You want to go back to your place?

Sharon, you're overseeing the nursing program?

Yeah, that's right. My nephew, Colton.

I got in!

You went with another candidate. Yes, but no. I understand your support behind

someone who would benefit from the same opportunities you were given.

You know, I'm not going to dignify that statement with a response.

Thank you.

Good morning.

This is a lot of hoopla just to go kiss the ring of our majority owner.

Well, I'm hearing whispers this meeting isn't just a formality. Apparently he is

not happy with last year's profits. Well, if they want to cut costs, they

could start by not chartering a jet to Jackson Hole.

Well, maybe don't lead with that.

I could talk to Miranda, see if we could go in with a unified plan.

I don't have time to explain your mistake to your boss.

I'm already late.

Said she's in a good mood.

I should probably go to work.

Your feet aren't moving.

That's weird, right?

You're probably coming down with something. You should call off work.

Yeah, maybe.

Sorry,

can I help you?

You look like a doctor.

Thanks. So do you.

I'm a med student.

I'm looking for Dr. Charles.

I'm supposed to meet him in the ED, but I keep getting turned around.

All right. Yeah, I'm actually headed in so I could take you to him.

Want to pick this up later? Yeah.

I will text you with takeout options.

Okay.

She seems nice.

She's great.

Man, med students just keep getting younger every year. They look like

they're in high school.

They're first years.

First years?

What are they doing here?

You remember my friend Howie?

Of course. Yeah, I'm sorry about his wife. I know how close you are. Yeah,

well, thanks.

Anyway, Howie is on the faculty of the med school at Porter University, right?

As you might know, there's a shortage of mental health workers in this country.

So Howie identified a few students who were interested in psych, asked me to

come talk to them.

Oh, but that wasn't good enough.

No, it wasn't, because I'm a lazy ass, so I made him come to me.

Dr. Charles, this is Mira.

She's been looking for you.

Mira, what a pleasure to meet you.

I was just on the way to say hi to your friends.

Oh, they're not my friends. I don't really have friends at school yet.

Oh, no?

Well, who knows? Maybe by the end of the day, that will have changed.

How are we doing?

Not as good as you, judging by that lipstick on your neck.

That explains why security keeps high-fiving me today.

Okay. Sorry.

Sorry, it's spam. What were you saying?

Just that it looks like it's getting hot and heavy with you and Nova.

Yeah, it's definitely hot. Don't know about heavy.

She's not super into talking about... Personal stuff.

Thoughts? What is it with these men wanting emotional intimacy?

Can you not just be happy that you're having sex in a parking lot?

That's oddly specific.

Treatment three.

Um... If we have specific questions about procedure, is it okay... Fire away

anytime, Sabrina.

Yo, TikTok, what's up? Stay with me, Quentin, okay?

100%. I'm stoked for us. So do you use structure protocols for triage here, or

are you more focused on rapid assessment for better crisis interventions? That's

an excellent question.

Should we all be taking notes?

You know what? My only wish is at the end of the day, you guys have a much

clearer idea of what this specialty is about.

Somebody please help us! Our son was shot! Please help him! Let's give him

some room. Trauma three is open. It's over here. What happened? We were just

walking to a speech therapy appointment.

One wound under the right collarbone, second wound just below the tip of the

scapula, subclavian trajectory.

We're waiting at the light. There were these two guys.

One pulled out a gun, and we just heard a loud pop.

Decreased right radial pulse. Let's get blood in the room. Copy. Is he gonna be

okay, Billy?

Hey, Dr. Morgan, you guys need to wait outside.

Yes, I promise we're gonna take good care of him, okay?

I'll get the cortisone we need to intubate.

Let's call the blood bank and move MTP to the OR.

Copy. Billy!

I got him. He's gonna be okay.

Two grams of TXA, one gram of ANSEP, and let's get ready to X-ray. On it.

Excuse me.

Hey, Kiana, I'm Dr. Frost.

I'm seeing here that you fainted today. Yep.

Ate it walking to school, and I'm... Been all hemorrhaging since I woke up.

I'm sorry, homo what?

It's Hawaiian pigeon. It's like out of sorts.

I'm Jean, Kiana's mom.

It's nice to meet you both. All right, you're from Hawaii, huh? Kauai.

We moved to Chicago this past summer.

Yeah, we came because my mom is marrying Steve the dentist.

Steve the dentist. Why does that sound familiar?

Dude, his face is on, like, most of the city buses.

Smiles for miles, right?

All right.

Can you look forward for me, Kiana?

We met when he was visiting the Hui for a conference a couple years back.

Did the long distance thing until he proposed.

Congratulations. And now we're here freezing to death.

Can I see your hands for a moment, Kiana?

Are you feeling cold right now? A little. I've been achy since yesterday.

I thought it was because my period came on pretty aggro this month.

Kiana! And then earlier today, I got a little lightheaded and woke up on the

ground. You know, I think I'm just allergic to the Midwest.

I'm going to get some labs done, then loop in OBGYN, see if it is menstrual

related. In the meantime, Nancy, can we get a bag of warm saline and a heated

blanket? Yep.

How are you, Miranda?

I'm all right.

What's up?

I heard a rumor about this meeting.

More budget cuts?

I didn't come to argue. I came because we should talk about it. Make sure we're

protecting what's important.

I appreciate that offer, but why don't we just go in there and see what's what

first? It may be good to highlight moves that cost Gaffney up front, but protect

us in the long term.

Hiring better staff, getting better equipment means better outcomes, less

lawsuits. Dr. Hayes' lawsuits cost us a fortune.

So... I was supposed to sweep that under the rug?

No, but I am getting tired of your sanctimonious attitude, Sharon. Like,

you're somehow unimpeachable.

The moral center of this hospital. I mean, you get to be that because I make

the hard choices.

I'm done with it.

I see.

I'm the budget cut, aren't I?

You're trying to get rid of me.

Look, as I said...

Let's just talk at the meeting.

Okay, nothing abnormal.

I think that your period issues might just be regular cramps.

Safe to come in?

You may answer Steve the dentist.

Hey, you.

Hi.

Where are the girls?

I just dropped them off with their mom.

Thought it might be nice to have a little quiet when Kiana comes home.

Thoughtful. It'll also allow me to absolutely own you in Super Smash

Brothers. Oh, you think I'm gonna go easy on you because you fainted? Yeah,

think again.

I prey on the weak.

Hey, can I borrow you for a second? Yeah, we'll be back.

So the exam didn't suggest any gynecological causes for Kiana's

symptoms. Oh, we got her labs back.

Hemoglobin's 8.6.

She's anemic.

Yeah, but what's causing it?

Well, her iron levels, folate and B12, look all normal.

Though it did take them two times running the blood because it was so

thick.

Her hands were blue when she came in, right?

Yeah.

And she has never experienced anything like this until she left Hawaii.

You think this might be CAD.

So she might actually be allergic to the Midwest.

What's C.A.D.? I heard some doctors talking about it. Anybody know what

they're referring to?

Nope.

Cold agglutinin disease.

It's a rare autoimmune disorder.

Very good.

More specifically, it's when cold weather triggers your immune system to

attack red blood cells, which in turn causes... Anemia.

Excellent. Dr. Charles, two patients incoming, one in restraints.

Why restraints? He attacked his brother with a large rocking pizza cutter.

Okay. Maybe you guys hang back a bit on this one?

His guts are coming out of him.

His guts are coming out of him. Enzo Pagliano.

You can't let him do this. You gotta stop him. Wait, where's the wound? I

don't see a wound. It's not blood. It's pizza sauce.

Pizza sauce?

They're opening a restaurant. We're in the middle of a tasting when he's

hacked. The guy behind us is the one in real trouble.

Please don't let him do this. He's trying to cut me out.

Five of Halperino, I am.

Dante Pagliano, Enzo's brother.

Chroma 2.

Tachycardic at 133. Blood pressure is dropping. Now 94 over 53.

Lower abdominal injury.

Unknown blood loss. Obstructed bowel.

On my count. One, two, three.

50 fentanyl. Let's get some wet lab sponges.

He's got an eviscerated small bowel.

And lacerated mesentery. We need to get him to an orna call-up. I brought it

out. You didn't do anything, Dante. Your intestines are outside your body. We

need to get them back. No, no, my brother. I brought a demon eye in.

You can't let him do this!

Dante suffered an evisceration of his intestines, which will require an

exploratory laparotomy and an abdominal wall reconstruction.

As soon as we get Noir, we'll be moving him to surgery.

Don't you usually refer to patients by their last name?

What was that? It's usually patient preference, but given that they're

brothers, probably better go with first names because it'll be clearer. Got it.

Okay.

Don't they have any other ideas about why his brother might have had a

psychotic break? Just that he thought he brought out the psychosis in him and it

was all his fault, but he'd lost a lot of blood. He also said it was a demon.

Yeah. Huh.

I've encouraged him to speak up and ask questions.

That's fun.

How's Enzo now?

Well, the haloperidol just kicked in, so we're hoping to have a conversation with

him when he wakes up.

All right. Keep me posted.

Oh, excuse me, Dr. Lennox. Oh, good. More questions.

Sorry. I was just wondering if there was an update on the boy with the gunshot

wound from earlier.

Billy, I think.

He had a subclavian artery injury. He's in the ICU.

But is he going to be okay?

I have a brother who's the same age.

If he makes it through the next few hours, he'll have a chance.

So she's had this CAD her whole life?

She's just never been anywhere cold enough to feel the effects.

But the good news is, rituximab infusions four times over the next month

should resolve your symptoms.

Like, forever?

Like, forever, ever.

Spam again? Yeah. It's, uh, probably got put on some list.

Is my brother okay?

Could be in surgery a few more hours, but as soon as we know anything, we'll

let you know.

Oh, God, I heard him.

I heard him.

Enzo, can you tell me, from your perspective, what happened today?

That's the thing. I don't really know. It doesn't really make any sense.

How do you mean that?

Well, Dante and I were working on the menu, and I started to get this

suspicion. And then it came on so strong, like he was trying to cheat me.

Had he done anything to make you think that? No.

Dante, if you met him, he's the most honest, gentle guy in the whole world.

You never do something like that. Right.

But this morning, in that moment, I was sure of it.

And it made me so angry.

Has this ever happened before?

Not like this exactly.

But lately, yeah.

Sometimes I have these thoughts and don't feel like they're mine.

Huh.

Your brother seems to think that he's responsible for this reaction.

Oh, yeah.

Well... Because a lot of times I have these thoughts.

It's when we're together.

I don't know why.

He didn't do anything to provoke you? This just happened?

No. I love my brother.

He's everything to me. You gotta save him, Doc.

You can't let him die.

So what, she was just gonna ambush you at this meeting?

Sounds like it.

Why don't we go talk to them, see if I can smooth things over?

They can't let personal issues from one board member dictate a decision of this

magnitude. Yeah, actually, let me go over there.

Sharon, don't make things worse.

Okay.

I don't have any interest in going another round on this right now. I don't

either. I just want to know if you're feeling okay.

I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?

You seem a little shaky.

Because I spilled a drink.

Miranda. Your hand's still shaking.

Talk to me.

I'm just a little shaken up from this morning. My driver got in a fender

bender, and I... I wasn't wearing my seatbelt.

Did you hit your head?

No, but I did get thrown into the back of the driver's seat pretty hard, and my

ribs feel a little sore, and I'm sure the altitude is not helping my

breathing. So you feel out of breath.

Come. I want you to lay down here.

Excuse us.

Peter, can you get rid of these pills, please?

Really? You don't need to make a fuss. I mean, the car wasn't even going that

fast. Well, slow-speed accidents can be just as dangerous as high-speed ones.

Your heart rate's in the 120s. That's high.

Excuse me, can you bring some blankets, please?

Of course.

I'm gonna need you to lay back and take deep, slow breaths, okay?

Hey, please stop calling me.

You've been ignoring me all day.

I'm at work right now, so... I know, I know.

But I need to talk to you.

You've put on weight.

What are you doing here, Mom?

I just want to talk.

Well, you really don't have anything to talk about.

It's been 14 years. There's plenty to discuss.

Like, I don't know, how you bankrupted me?

We were just trying to provide a better life for everyone.

What do you want us to do, grovel?

That could be a start.

Look, we took the RV here, and there's a little...

Hole-in-the-wall restaurant near us. Your father and I would like to see you.

Really? So, where is he, then?

I'm sorry. Hey, we have a situation.

It's Kiana.

She was fine a minute ago. 125 milligrams solumedrol.

50 of Benadryl. What's going on?

She had an allergic reaction to the infusion. She started hyperventilating

and then lost consciousness. I already gave her 0.3 epi.

Kiana? Hey.

BP's 80 over 55.

Anaphylactic shock.

Okay, let's get ready to intubate. One more dose of epi. Oh, my God, my baby.

Come on, Kiana, stay with us.

Intubating.

She's resting now, but she'll be okay.

So she has a rare disease, then a rare allergic reaction to the medicine that

cures it? There is a second-line treatment.

It would resolve the symptoms, but it would not cure the CID like the

rituximab. It would also require infusions every other week. But only

during cold weather months.

But if we went back to Hawaii, presumably, she'd go back to being

totally fine again?

Presumably.

Okay, CT clean.

MRI clean.

So, no trauma, nothing neuroplastic. What's going on here?

Wide lens, guys. No bad ideas. Let's go.

Quentin. Uh, uh, let me think.

Uh... Well, uh, maybe, uh, pre-existing mental health conditions. Yeah.

Bipolar, schizophrenia.

I like it. Except Enzo's been a stable, high-functioning executive for a whole

bunch of years with, technically, no family history.

Oh, my God.

Folio, duh.

Huh?

Go on.

It's a...

phenomenon in which a dominant individual with a psychotic disorder

imposes their delusions onto a close partner, inducing psychosis in someone

who otherwise would have no mental health issues of their own. So what

you're suggesting is that perhaps Dante's actually the sick one.

Yes. And that Enzo, just by nature of standing side by side with his brother

for all those hours... Enzo got pulled into his delusions.

Huh.

Your first year I read ahead.

Okay. Well, I don't think that's a pretty impressive hypothesis.

I Think that maybe we should be looking into Dante's History, what do you say?

Hey, yeah, Keanu's waking up she was looking Well, what's going on?

What's best for my daughter is going to destroy my marriage

Not even my marriage, my impending marriage.

Well, that's tough.

I mean, how are you so sure?

Because Steve just told me.

I mean, he was lovely about it, and he adores Kiana, but he doesn't want to do

long distance anymore.

He doesn't want to move to Hawaii.

He would in a heartbeat if he could, but he has shared custody of his daughters,

and his ex lives here, so... Yeah, it's a non-starter.

I don't even blame him.

We did the whole long-distance thing for two years, and it was so hard.

And it's four more until Kiana goes to college, so... I just don't know.

You don't know what?

How many times have you been in love?

Yeah, it's hard to say.

Well, for me, it was zero.

That's crazy to say, but it's true.

Even Kiana's father, I never felt that connection.

At Euphoria, I came to terms with the fact that I was just... broken.

But then I met Steve, the dentist, and every awkward little edge of his fit

every awkward little edge of mine. And for the first time, I was totally and

completely head over heels.

But what are the odds I'll ever find that again?

I just don't know if I can give that up.

Tough choice.

I can't decide if I want sweet or salty. That's the age-old question, man.

You just came out here to check up on how you're doing. You okay?

Me? Yeah.

I'm good.

Just, uh, got the feeling, I don't know, you're not that engaged with what we're

doing here today.

Oh, uh... Like, I don't want to seem unappreciative.

I think what you're doing here is really cool. It's just... What?

I'm not really interested in ED psych.

Oh.

Figured that out already, did you?

I guess I just want a good work-life balance.

Both of my parents are immigrants.

They had to work, still do, really hard.

They pushed me so I don't have to kill myself like they do.

I just think having a private practice is more my speed.

Quentin, diagnostics are diagnostics, right? I mean, you're going to run into

this stuff no matter where you end up.

You know what you think? Because you've got a cozy office set up, your patient's

just going to walk in, plop themselves down on the couch, tell you what's wrong

with them and how to fix it?

I'm not saying I don't want to do a good job, Doctor.

Look, work-life balance is important.

I get it. Really, I do.

It's just that this field...

I don't know if you can really half-ass it.

You know, you really got to get to know your patients. You got to get in there

so you can understand them, see the world the way they do, right?

So you can understand their issues.

I mean, if you don't want to do that, you don't want to put your whole soul

into this, you might want to reconsider.

Reconsider what?

Being a doctor.

Miss Goodwin, it's Dr. Howard. Can I help you with something? I hope so. I'm

currently on a plane with a woman, a board member who seems to be in trouble.

What's going on?

Well, she was in a minor traffic accident that caused some sort of

thoracic trauma.

She didn't think much of it until she started experiencing weakness.

Any idea of her vitals?

Oh, yes. There is an emergency medical kit up here. Her breath sounds are good,

but her BP is only 84 over 42.

Oh, okay, um... Then it's not a pneumothorax or hemothorax.

Take a look at her neck. Is the jugular vein distended?

Hold on.

Yes.

Okay, um, it sounds like pericardial tamponade. She's bleeding into the sac

around her heart. How much time until you land?

Uh, 30 minutes, maybe more.

Oh, um... Dr. Howard, what is it?

Ms. Goodwin, are there any surgical supplies in that medical kit?

I've got lidocaine, some saline flushes, and a few needles.

What size needles?

16 gauge and a 22.

Okay, good. You're going to use the 16 to remove the fluid built up around her

heart. You'll angle it at a 15 degree angle.

Just... under the breastbone, and you should push until the tip punctures the

pericardium. Wait, how will I know when that happens?

Usually, we'd have an ultrasound to guide us, but you're just going to have

to take it slow, and you should feel a soft pop when it goes in. A soft pop.

And what if I miss or go too far?

You mean if you puncture the heart? Dr. Howard, I don't know. I don't feel

comfortable going in blind like this.

There is another option.

Yes. But let me just start by saying it's not as scary as it sounds.

You want to cut me open?

It's a small incision, just so I can see where to put the needle.

The needle you want to put in my heart? Not in your heart, Miranda.

Into the sack around your heart.

Have you done this before?

I've seen it done.

No way. We can wait. We can wait. We can wait until we land.

Miranda, if we wait, you're not going to make it.

Am I just going to be awake for this?

Yes, but you shouldn't feel much, okay?

We have lidocaine that will numb the area, and we also have these.

What is that? A weed coming?

It is provided by in-house counsel.

I don't want to die.

Miranda, I know we have had our issues, but I think you

also know that I mean what I say.

And I'm telling you, I will do everything I can to get you through

this.

Okay.

Hey, where are your med school ducklings?

Lunch. What?

How are you preparing them for life as a doctor if you are letting them take a

full lunch?

Easing them in.

Except for that guy.

Quentin, you can't talk to the patients without me there.

Sorry. I was just thinking about what you were saying earlier about connecting

with patients, seeing every angle of their condition.

Okay.

Well, um... What did you learn?

Well, I know Sabrina has that theory about shared psychosis.

But when I talked to Enzo about what he and his brother do together, he said,

all they really do is work.

So I started to wonder if Dante being there when Enzo had an episode was more

a coincidence rather than a cause.

Maybe it's the restaurant itself causing it.

So you're saying you think maybe it's environmental?

Maybe. I know it's a long shot, but...

I remember reading somewhere that celiac disease can cause psychosis.

It's certainly true that in rare cases, right, that the inflammation can extend

beyond the abdomen and up into the brain. And it can come on later on in

life, right? Like when you open a pizza restaurant with your brother and you're

suddenly exposed to gluten in massive quantities.

I'm just saying, it would explain the weight loss, the vitamin deficiency

issues. And why it only happens when they're together.

Yeah.

Trini, order a tissue transglutamase test.

Yeah?

Hell yeah.

Get it back in an hour or so. We'll see what's what.

Nice work.

All right.

I'm going to go grab lunch now.

Dr. Charles, I'm sorry, but you already asked us to test for celiac.

I sent you the results. They came back positive.

I know, but why rain on the guy's parade? He did good.

Yeah.

Did you hear the good news?

Yeah, what's that?

We're going back to Hawaii.

Peace out, Chi-town.

Wow, I didn't realize you'd already made the decision.

It wasn't really a decision. It's what's best for Kiana.

Well, she's going to be transferred to the PICU in a bit, just to observe

overnight, but she should be out tomorrow.

Sounds good. Thank you. Hey, can we get a place closer to Salt Palm Beach or a

place with a game room so I can keep schooling Steve the dentist?

Where is he, by the way?

He had to run out for work.

Poor guy. He's going to have to build up that base ten again.

On the other hand, maybe he'll finally learn how to surf.

Yeah.

Maybe.

That's pretty tight.

Well, we don't want any involuntary movement.

That gummy help?

I don't think so.

All right.

Can you feel that?

No. Lidocaine's working. That's something.

Dr. Howard, I think we're ready.

Okay, good. So you're going to find the xiphoid process, the very tip of the

sternum. About one finger width below that, you'll make your incision. Eight

centimeters or about three inches vertically.

Okay. Okay.

You might not want to watch this.

Okay. I've made my incision, Goss.

Good. Okay. Now, you're going to push the tissue laterally until you find the

heart and the bulging sac around it filled with fluid.

Get closer.

I think I see it. Good.

Her pulse is slowing down.

It's okay. It's okay. When we get that fluid out, it'll take the strain off of

the heart, and that pulse is going to come right back up. Okay.

What now?

Okay.

You're going to take your syringe and push it through the pericardium. Dr.

Howard, the needle goes in at 15 degrees, correct?

15 to 20 when it gets to the pericardium.

Dr.

Howard?

Dr. Howard!

We lost service.

No, no, no, no, no.

Do you know what to do?

I'm not sure.

I can't breathe.

I think she's dying.

Okay, okay.

We need to find another phone. Everyone stop talking!

Okay. Go in at a shallow angle, and then

as the needle penetrates until you

feel the pop, I think I

feel it.

That's it. I mean, that's good, right?

Her pulse is coming back up.

Right.

I said Dr. Lennox had to do a pretty significant bowel resection and then

repaired the initial laceration, but it looks like... Dante's gonna make a

complete recovery.

Hard to imagine that Dante and Enzo's relationship will recover that quickly.

You're probably right about that.

Ah.

You're all still here.

Yeah, we're just finishing up our day.

Uh-huh. Well, I heard one of you cracked the case with Enzo. Gluten-induced

psychosis. Undiagnosed celiac disease.

As long as he stays away from gluten, he should be fine, right?

It's like they have a pizza place, though.

I mean, I've had gluten-free pizza, so that's an option, but I feel like it's

never as good, you know?

That's the boy from this morning. Billy.

Wait.

Is he?

Yes.

I thought you said he was gonna be okay.

I said he had a chance, but the bleeding was too severe. He was in DIC.

We couldn't get him to clot.

Yeah.

Unfortunately... Subclavian injuries are really tough to survive.

Please, don't get up.

Jonathan Michael, I didn't think you would come.

Neither did I.

What's the thing?

Excuse me?

The thing you want.

Because if it's money, I'm on a resident's salary. And if it's a place

to live, then, well, I'm sleeping at a friend's house.

We didn't come here to get anything from you. You really think we're monsters,

don't you?

I watched a mom today blow up her entire life for her kid

because she wanted to put her health first.

And then I watched that same mom put a smile on her face so her

kid wouldn't feel bad.

I don't understand.

I know you don't.

See, because, um... Well, I witnessed...

Things like that every day in my hospital.

You know, parents that go to the end of the earth to protect their kids, no

matter what.

I mean, you too.

I'm just gonna ask again.

What do you want?

We just want to see...

Secondary progressive MS.

How long have you known?

A while.

Maybe six months.

That's why we're here.

We want to reconnect with our son.

Know what? No, I'm not doing this with you right now.

Yeah.

Listen,

great job today.

Yeah, thanks.

No, I mean it. I mean, that, um...

Is that fully a duh idea you had about Enzo?

Well, he's a spectacular guest. Look, might not have been the right one, but

trust me, that kind of creativity, you know, lateral thinking, is really

important to this line of work.

So... It's not that, though. I think I'm just kind of rethinking things.

I don't know if this is for me.

How so?

I didn't know it would affect me so much.

I mean, even with Dante and Enzo, even though that worked out, there was still

so much... Just call it to me. I don't know.

There's a cost to having a job with meaning, right?

And we experience these brutal moments here.

Like, true despair.

But trust me, there are also these moments of euphoria.

of, like, extraordinary fulfillment because we change people's lives here.

You know, we're lucky we actually save them.

So for me, anyway, I mean, over time, the benefits definitely come to outweigh

the costs.

I know it might not feel like it right now, but if you are feeling things

deeply, as far as I'm concerned, it just means that, you know, you're doing it

right.

Yeah.

Maybe. I just think that... I don't know, maybe I like the puzzle piece and

not all the pain.

Maybe I'll go into research.

I don't know.

Anyway.

Thank you anyway, Dr. Charles.

Oh, thanks for coming.

Thanks.

You guys taking off?

Oh, yeah. Yep.

Look, today was a lot, right? Really glad you got to see what we actually do

here. But just for the record, it was just extra intense.

You know, just hope it wasn't, I don't know, discouraging.

Dr. Charles, today was the greatest day of my life.

Really?

Well, my life's pretty boring, but yeah Really

Yeah, I was pretty dope thank you

You're welcome, thank you. Thank you. Thanks for coming.

See you around. See ya

Hi. How's Miranda?

Good. We were able to repair the laceration in her atrium without issue.

Great. You know, all those years of watching, surgery, assisting, I never

really understood the impact of that moment, of holding

the knife and cutting into someone.

Yeah.

My first surgery was a foot amputation.

Was so nervous. I thought I was gonna puke but my attending talked me through

it and I got it done Later, she got me a bracelet that had a little charm of a

foot. She said it should be a reminder Even though these miraculous things we

do have somehow become commonplace We shouldn't ever forget their

extraordinary

i heart chicago yeah because of what you do with miranda's yeah yeah i'm sorry

it's the best that i could do on short notice but anyway um welcome to the club

thank you

so

what did you say i said no and

um i mean it hurts

More than I want to admit, but it doesn't just erase how my dad is

treating me my whole life.

I wish I could just move past it, you know, but I can't. And

it makes me feel like a bad person.

I'm sorry. I know this is not the...

the conversations we usually have.

And, I mean, well, you ordered takeout from just about every restaurant in

Chicago.

Well, you didn't answer my text, so I got a little bit of everything.

Now I'm ruining it.

No, you're not. Hey.

Trust me, I would never judge someone in a situation like this, let alone tell

them what to do.

I will just say, no matter how you are feeling right now, someday your parents

will be gone. And whenever that happens, however you leave things,

that's how it will stay.

Forever.

Sounds like you're speaking from personal experience.

We were talking about you here, pal.

I know, but we don't always have to just be on me.

Except I like being on you.

That's not what I meant.

Doesn't make it any less true.

Good talk.

Great talk.