1 00:00:00,243 --> 00:00:03,264 3 00:00:09,208 --> 00:00:10,945 Brian took the score today. 4 00:00:10,945 --> 00:00:12,269 Get out of here. He got luck. 5 00:00:12,269 --> 00:00:14,286 Yeah, I told you he's gonna tear you up. 6 00:00:14,286 --> 00:00:16,017 Man, you can hear who you can kiss. 7 00:00:16,017 --> 00:00:17,307 I'll check you later. / All right. 8 00:00:17,307 --> 00:00:19,663 Hey, you gotta help me get through European history. 9 00:00:19,663 --> 00:00:21,352 Help you? Who gonna help me? 10 00:00:21,352 --> 00:00:22,854 Peter. You can see there, man. 11 00:00:22,854 --> 00:00:23,725 Nice pal. 12 00:00:23,725 --> 00:00:25,531 All right, man. 13 00:00:26,201 --> 00:00:28,536 Hey, come. Cover your mouth, man. 14 00:00:28,536 --> 00:00:30,448 Man, some kind of crud's going around campus. 15 00:00:30,448 --> 00:00:31,843 Yeah, well, don't be hacking on me. 16 00:00:31,843 --> 00:00:34,567 Abbey and I are going to one of those, uh, fancy bed and breakfast places. 17 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,328 You know what a hypochondriac she is. 18 00:00:36,328 --> 00:00:39,464 Is that hypochondriac or nymphomaniac? 19 00:00:39,464 --> 00:00:41,947 You'll die before you know. 20 00:00:43,134 --> 00:00:45,013 What I just say about spreading germs? 21 00:00:45,013 --> 00:00:46,452 Man, I can't help it. 22 00:00:46,452 --> 00:00:48,608 You can help it. Knock it off. 23 00:00:48,608 --> 00:00:50,482 Don't cough on me. Cover your mouth. 24 00:00:50,482 --> 00:00:51,910 Why do you always got a problem with stuff I do? 25 00:00:51,910 --> 00:00:53,789 I got a problem with you coughing on me. 26 00:00:53,789 --> 00:00:54,875 Just mind your business. 27 00:00:54,875 --> 00:00:57,640 Stop spreading germs, you son of bitch! 28 00:00:58,921 --> 00:01:01,429 All day long. Yap, yap, yap, man. 29 00:01:10,726 --> 00:01:11,591 Hey, man. 30 00:01:11,591 --> 00:01:12,787 Gordon? 31 00:01:15,298 --> 00:01:17,375 Gordon? Talk to me. 32 00:01:18,712 --> 00:01:20,887 Talk to me, man. What's up? 33 00:01:21,906 --> 00:01:23,105 What do we do? 34 00:01:23,105 --> 00:01:24,508 Get help! 35 00:01:24,508 --> 00:01:25,398 Go! 36 00:01:31,005 --> 00:01:31,988 Coach... 37 00:01:31,988 --> 00:01:33,022 Coach! 38 00:01:35,306 --> 00:01:37,046 Something's happening... 39 00:01:39,529 --> 00:01:41,495 What the hell is going on? 40 00:01:42,813 --> 00:01:50,241 medical investigation Season 1. Episode 6. Team 41 00:01:59,479 --> 00:02:01,937 neil mcdough (played by Dr. Stephen Connor) 42 00:02:03,095 --> 00:02:05,685 Kelly Williams (played by Dr. Natalie Durant) 43 00:02:08,411 --> 00:02:10,790 Christopher Gorham (played by Dr. Miles McCabe) 44 00:02:12,737 --> 00:02:15,281 Anna Belknap (Eva Rossi) 45 00:02:18,185 --> 00:02:20,437 Troy Winbush (played by Frank Powell) 46 00:02:21,616 --> 00:02:22,728 dictation Cheol-gyun Kim (kim1047@nate.com) 47 00:02:22,728 --> 00:02:23,685 English subtitles Seonyoung Yoon (seedyun@nate.com) 48 00:02:23,685 --> 00:02:24,544 Korean subtitles Jongseong Kim (jayes@nate.com) 49 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:25,451 Translation revision/medical supervision Kim Ki-won (carnagekim@nate.com) 50 00:02:25,451 --> 00:02:26,869 Korean language correction Young Lee (s_ylee@nate.com) 51 00:02:27,202 --> 00:02:28,384 ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON NBC: 2004/10/15 52 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:36,510 Thank you. 53 00:02:39,410 --> 00:02:42,655 Northern nebraska is the largest private university in the State. 54 00:02:42,655 --> 00:02:44,458 They have their own accredited hospital on site 55 00:02:44,458 --> 00:02:46,906 so we won't have to carry as much equipment off the plane... 56 00:02:46,906 --> 00:02:48,498 - Sorry I'm late. - Don't worry about it. 57 00:02:48,498 --> 00:02:50,361 I was studying for my EIS evaluations. 58 00:02:50,361 --> 00:02:53,578 The test is less than two months away. / Miles... 59 00:02:53,578 --> 00:02:54,717 Sorry. 60 00:02:54,717 --> 00:02:56,062 What'd I miss? 61 00:02:56,062 --> 00:02:57,751 Two college football players come down 62 00:02:57,751 --> 00:03:01,457 with vertigo, numbness, paralysis and seizures within minutes of each other. 63 00:03:01,457 --> 00:03:03,566 and then slip into a coma. 64 00:03:03,566 --> 00:03:05,456 One ballplayer was black, one was white. 65 00:03:05,456 --> 00:03:07,649 Different body type, different blood type. 66 00:03:07,649 --> 00:03:09,179 What was their initial diagnosis? 67 00:03:09,179 --> 00:03:11,837 The local doctors thought it was an electrolyte imbalance or an infection. 68 00:03:11,837 --> 00:03:13,609 They gave them MRIs and found lesions 69 00:03:13,609 --> 00:03:15,918 which suggested an inflammation of the brain. 70 00:03:15,918 --> 00:03:17,905 The patients have been given azathioprine, 71 00:03:17,905 --> 00:03:19,815 but they've had no improvement. 72 00:03:19,815 --> 00:03:22,662 Two guys in their early 20s, struck down at random. 73 00:03:22,662 --> 00:03:24,919 Random? Must be something more. 74 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,623 There's only two patients. Is that a big enough cluster to send us packing? 75 00:03:27,623 --> 00:03:30,770 The more unusual the outbreak, the smaller the cluster has to be. 76 00:03:30,770 --> 00:03:35,449 With an extremely rare disease, all we need is one. 77 00:03:38,169 --> 00:03:40,687 Suit up. We go in two hours. 78 00:03:43,519 --> 00:03:46,468 NORTHERN NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY 79 00:03:51,908 --> 00:03:55,282 Thank you for coming on such short notice. 80 00:03:55,282 --> 00:03:57,899 Peter Warren still hasn't come out of coma. 81 00:03:57,899 --> 00:03:59,717 The other patient, Gordon Kraft, 82 00:03:59,717 --> 00:04:02,261 slips in and out of consciousness. He's on demerol. 83 00:04:02,261 --> 00:04:03,740 We'll need access to their lives, 84 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:06,413 dorm rooms, personal effects, schedules./ I assumed as much. 85 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:10,106 David Weiner is the university's athletic director. He's expecting you. 86 00:04:10,106 --> 00:04:13,597 And I have briefs of their families' medical histories if that will help. 87 00:04:13,597 --> 00:04:17,755 Thank you for calling us, doctor. You did the right thing. 88 00:04:20,123 --> 00:04:21,825 Something wrong? 89 00:04:21,825 --> 00:04:26,528 I, uh, recommended that the football team be quarantined for seven days 90 00:04:26,528 --> 00:04:28,874 until we determine the cause of the lesions. 91 00:04:28,874 --> 00:04:31,455 And? / It's homecoming week. 92 00:04:31,455 --> 00:04:35,842 Football season on a sports-crazed campus. I was denied. 93 00:04:35,842 --> 00:04:40,215 Even though I made my quarantine recommendation in confidence, news travels. 94 00:04:40,215 --> 00:04:43,571 I've had death threats. Yahoos mostly. 95 00:04:43,571 --> 00:04:45,229 We'll help you in every way we can. 96 00:04:45,229 --> 00:04:46,909 Eva, set up a meeting with the athletic director 97 00:04:46,909 --> 00:04:48,614 in regards to alumni and press relations. 98 00:04:48,614 --> 00:04:50,349 Let's kill this rumor mill before it starts. 99 00:04:50,349 --> 00:04:52,664 Powell, Miles, standard sweep. Check for everything. 100 00:04:52,664 --> 00:04:55,996 Natalie, let's go look at the other patient. Doctor. 101 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:58,884 Is there any blurriness, color blindness, pain? 102 00:04:58,884 --> 00:05:00,087 No. / Nothing? 103 00:05:00,087 --> 00:05:01,172 Uh-uh. 104 00:05:01,172 --> 00:05:02,190 Okay. 105 00:05:02,795 --> 00:05:05,145 How's Peter? 106 00:05:06,737 --> 00:05:09,994 I hear the doctors talking. Is he sick, too? 107 00:05:09,994 --> 00:05:12,191 We think he has the same condition that you do. 108 00:05:12,191 --> 00:05:14,143 Damn. Doc, what's going on? 109 00:05:14,143 --> 00:05:15,489 We're not sure. 110 00:05:15,489 --> 00:05:17,624 We're gonna figure it out together. 111 00:05:17,624 --> 00:05:21,843 What was the last thing you remember before waking up here? 112 00:05:21,843 --> 00:05:25,223 Me and Peter were talking about whatnot. 113 00:05:25,223 --> 00:05:28,083 I went to shower. My leg... 114 00:05:28,083 --> 00:05:31,765 went numb for like five minutes, like a charley-horse. 115 00:05:31,765 --> 00:05:34,679 I just shook it off as pain or whatever. 116 00:05:34,679 --> 00:05:37,387 I remember the room spinning. 117 00:05:37,387 --> 00:05:40,454 Next thing I know, I had all these tubes in me. 118 00:05:40,454 --> 00:05:43,402 Did you and Peter ever use illegal drugs? 119 00:05:43,402 --> 00:05:46,127 I doubt if Peter has, and me, I just say no. 120 00:05:46,127 --> 00:05:48,082 Did you eat or drink anything before scrimmage? 121 00:05:48,082 --> 00:05:52,296 Just my usual, five egg whites, decaf coffee, energy bar. 122 00:05:52,296 --> 00:05:54,517 Where did you have breakfast that day? 123 00:05:54,517 --> 00:05:57,057 Conrad hall. 124 00:05:57,948 --> 00:06:00,923 Did Peter or anyone else from the team eat there as well? 125 00:06:00,923 --> 00:06:06,344 I don't know. I didn't see anyone else there but me. 126 00:06:08,562 --> 00:06:11,178 Wow, you must be the big man on campus. 127 00:06:11,178 --> 00:06:14,412 The black man's burden. 128 00:06:15,991 --> 00:06:18,121 You ever play? You look big enough. 129 00:06:18,121 --> 00:06:21,244 Yep. College ball. Free safety. 130 00:06:21,244 --> 00:06:23,170 I liked hitting people. 131 00:06:23,170 --> 00:06:24,566 Were you any good? 132 00:06:24,566 --> 00:06:26,625 Look where I am now. 133 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:29,000 Oh, 134 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,117 Oh, 135 00:06:31,430 --> 00:06:32,856 oh, god. 136 00:06:32,856 --> 00:06:34,769 What's wrong with me, doc? 137 00:06:34,769 --> 00:06:36,726 Get a morphine drip in here. 138 00:06:36,726 --> 00:06:39,034 Hold on, Gordon. Just hold on. 139 00:06:39,916 --> 00:06:42,518 Look at that jagged ridge of lesions along the frontal lobe. 140 00:06:42,518 --> 00:06:45,671 That explains the seizures and the wide range of symptoms. 141 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:47,740 Are you thinking meningitis? 142 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:49,773 Acute malignant MS. 143 00:06:49,773 --> 00:06:51,072 Multiple sclerosis? 144 00:06:51,072 --> 00:06:52,891 How is that possible? They're only 20. 145 00:06:52,891 --> 00:06:55,691 MS is one of the top disabling conditions of young adults. 146 00:06:55,691 --> 00:06:58,200 MS patients' own immune systems have turn against themselves, 147 00:06:58,200 --> 00:06:59,644 attacking the nerves in their brains. 148 00:06:59,644 --> 00:07:02,199 But a cluster of MS? Has that ever happened? 149 00:07:02,199 --> 00:07:03,727 The most famous one was the Faeroe islands 150 00:07:03,727 --> 00:07:06,297 off the northern coast of Scotland during world war II. 151 00:07:06,297 --> 00:07:07,551 What caused that? 152 00:07:07,551 --> 00:07:10,505 Oats, low seafood diets and lack of sunshine. 153 00:07:10,505 --> 00:07:12,257 None of which come into play here. 154 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:14,376 So why hasn't the entire campus come down with it? 155 00:07:14,376 --> 00:07:15,754 Those who are genetically predisposed 156 00:07:15,754 --> 00:07:17,617 for autoimmune diseases are the most at risk. 157 00:07:17,617 --> 00:07:19,900 That's about eight percent of the population. / That's right. 158 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:21,735 So the football players may have come into contact 159 00:07:21,735 --> 00:07:23,486 with some foreign destructive agent 160 00:07:23,486 --> 00:07:25,453 mimicking the nerve structure in their brains. 161 00:07:25,453 --> 00:07:27,040 Their immune systems can't tell the two apart 162 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,033 and they mistakenly attack the nerves. 163 00:07:29,033 --> 00:07:32,354 The trigger agent is having a harsher effect on Peter Warren than Gordon Kraft. 164 00:07:32,354 --> 00:07:33,993 So what do Kraft and Warren have in common? 165 00:07:33,993 --> 00:07:36,761 Maybe it's tainted anabolic steroids or designer drugs. 166 00:07:36,761 --> 00:07:39,438 Let's search for environmental factors, starting with the dining commons. 167 00:07:39,438 --> 00:07:41,071 I don't think it's drugs, not with these guys. 168 00:07:41,071 --> 00:07:43,953 Because? / I follow college ball, and guys like Warren and Kraft 169 00:07:43,953 --> 00:07:45,655 they have their entire NFL careers on the line. 170 00:07:45,655 --> 00:07:47,103 One random drug test they'd be finished. 171 00:07:47,103 --> 00:07:48,690 Len Bias dropped dead of an overdose. 172 00:07:48,690 --> 00:07:51,639 Ricky Williams of the dolphins failed his drug tests and LT... 173 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:53,615 Take your pick. / That's the pros, I'm talking about... 174 00:07:53,615 --> 00:07:55,727 Well, I'll check the location of the team's last away game. 175 00:07:55,727 --> 00:07:58,110 See if there's anything similar happening with the opposing team. 176 00:07:58,110 --> 00:08:01,111 Explore the possibility of steroids, and you... 177 00:08:01,111 --> 00:08:02,567 Look for drug commonality. 178 00:08:02,567 --> 00:08:04,693 Specifically designer drugs like GHB, ecstasy. 179 00:08:04,693 --> 00:08:06,491 Dr. Connor, you want... / Miles, 180 00:08:06,491 --> 00:08:08,094 think beyond your assumptions. 181 00:08:08,094 --> 00:08:11,712 Even though they may prove to be true. 182 00:08:12,819 --> 00:08:15,957 Homecoming's always a royal pain in my ass. 183 00:08:15,957 --> 00:08:19,107 I got alumni who think that just because they kick the school a few bucks, 184 00:08:19,107 --> 00:08:20,684 we got to kiss their behind. 185 00:08:20,684 --> 00:08:22,188 Now this. 186 00:08:22,188 --> 00:08:27,094 We may have to issue a health alert to all visitors of the university prior to the weekend. 187 00:08:27,094 --> 00:08:28,917 Young lady, that would be a PR disaster. 188 00:08:28,917 --> 00:08:31,764 I got 42,000 alumni and parents coming in just three days. 189 00:08:31,764 --> 00:08:32,948 All the more reason to be proactive 190 00:08:32,948 --> 00:08:35,247 until we identify what's affecting the students. 191 00:08:35,247 --> 00:08:40,869 I'm up to neck in campus tours and pep rallies, athletes' dinners. 192 00:08:40,869 --> 00:08:42,283 Bless you. / You okay? 193 00:08:42,283 --> 00:08:44,662 Yeah, it's just the change of seasons. 194 00:08:44,662 --> 00:08:46,280 It always hits me like a truck. 195 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,032 This indian summer's not helping either, you know. 196 00:08:48,032 --> 00:08:49,583 It's always something, isn't it? 197 00:08:49,583 --> 00:08:53,052 Wife says I've got to lose a few pounds, you know. She should talk. 198 00:08:53,052 --> 00:08:54,896 Geez, I need a vacation. 199 00:08:54,896 --> 00:08:56,473 Excuse me. Conner. 200 00:08:56,473 --> 00:09:01,029 Hey, look, I'm getting pushed back in gaining access to the athletes' dorms. 201 00:09:01,029 --> 00:09:03,328 The football players won't allow us access to their rooms. 202 00:09:03,328 --> 00:09:05,427 Yeah, surprised? Jocks are superstitious and paranoid. 203 00:09:05,427 --> 00:09:06,921 Don't, don't tell them I said that. 204 00:09:06,921 --> 00:09:08,278 I'll take care of it on my end. 205 00:09:08,278 --> 00:09:10,604 All right, I'll tell you what, Mr. Weiner. 206 00:09:10,604 --> 00:09:13,226 I won't issue a health alert for now, 207 00:09:13,226 --> 00:09:18,301 if you grease the wheels of student relations and allow us full access. 208 00:09:18,301 --> 00:09:25,790 It's the only way we're gonna figure out what's wrong with your players. 209 00:09:25,790 --> 00:09:27,976 All right. 210 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:07,005 Okay, lift your tongue, Jimmy. 211 00:10:07,233 --> 00:10:08,667 Great. 212 00:10:08,667 --> 00:10:10,919 Hey, do you mind giving a urine sample? 213 00:10:10,919 --> 00:10:12,706 I pee in a cup at least once a week. 214 00:10:12,706 --> 00:10:14,842 What's one more? 215 00:10:14,842 --> 00:10:18,256 The guys were wondering how Gordon and Peter were doing. 216 00:10:18,256 --> 00:10:21,469 We're doing everything we can. 217 00:10:23,431 --> 00:10:25,398 Hey, are there a lot of drugs on campus? 218 00:10:25,398 --> 00:10:27,516 Uh, yeah. 219 00:10:27,809 --> 00:10:29,275 What about you? 220 00:10:29,275 --> 00:10:30,627 You party? 221 00:10:30,627 --> 00:10:32,249 Ok at me, man. 222 00:10:32,249 --> 00:10:34,605 There's no way I'm screwing this up for a bump. 223 00:10:34,605 --> 00:10:36,304 This is my ticket. 224 00:10:36,304 --> 00:10:38,276 Yeah, I hear you. 225 00:10:38,276 --> 00:10:39,423 Listen, um... 226 00:10:40,026 --> 00:10:42,239 if I wanted to score, could you tell me where I could go? 227 00:10:42,239 --> 00:10:45,629 You think Gordon and Peter are using? 228 00:10:45,629 --> 00:10:47,725 They don't. 229 00:10:49,693 --> 00:10:50,544 What do we got? 230 00:10:50,544 --> 00:10:52,576 Another student, 19, collapsed while taking an exam. 231 00:10:52,576 --> 00:10:54,710 Symptoms? / Loss of balance and muscle coordination, 232 00:10:54,710 --> 00:10:56,446 slurred speech, tonic-chronic seizure. 233 00:10:56,446 --> 00:10:57,995 This disease is no longer contained. 234 00:10:57,995 --> 00:11:01,379 Are there any other football players... 235 00:11:01,791 --> 00:11:07,295 Her professor thought she'd only fainted, until she started convulsing. 236 00:11:07,295 --> 00:11:09,607 We've been working on an unfounded assumption. 237 00:11:09,607 --> 00:11:11,424 The commonality isn't among the football players. 238 00:11:11,424 --> 00:11:13,564 - She's the second girl in two days. - The second? 239 00:11:13,564 --> 00:11:16,381 Another freshman came in with the same symptoms two days ago. 240 00:11:16,381 --> 00:11:17,512 Do you think there might be some connection 241 00:11:17,512 --> 00:11:19,012 between that girl and the other football players? 242 00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:21,910 No. Students fall ill all the time, for a hundred different reasons, 243 00:11:21,910 --> 00:11:25,037 and the first girl presented with symptoms that were quite different from the players. 244 00:11:25,037 --> 00:11:26,568 Is she still under your care? 245 00:11:26,568 --> 00:11:28,876 I need to speak with her. 246 00:11:31,130 --> 00:11:35,716 Amy, I'm Dr. Durant. Can you hear me? 247 00:11:38,277 --> 00:11:39,742 What happened? 248 00:11:39,742 --> 00:11:42,696 We think you may have had a mild seizure. 249 00:11:42,696 --> 00:11:46,251 We gave you some medication to stabilize you, and they ran some tests. 250 00:11:46,251 --> 00:11:49,158 You're gonna be okay. 251 00:11:49,158 --> 00:11:53,872 I just need to ask you a few questions, all right? 252 00:11:54,133 --> 00:11:58,307 - Do you eat at Conrad hall? - Sometimes. 253 00:11:58,307 --> 00:12:01,598 My dorm is on the other side of campus so... 254 00:12:01,598 --> 00:12:05,471 Do you socialize with any of the football players on campus? 255 00:12:05,471 --> 00:12:10,731 I see them around, not really. 256 00:12:12,275 --> 00:12:13,340 Oh, my god. 257 00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:14,828 Claire! 258 00:12:15,146 --> 00:12:16,616 You know her? 259 00:12:16,616 --> 00:12:19,181 She's my pledge sister. 260 00:12:19,181 --> 00:12:20,825 What happened to her? 261 00:12:20,825 --> 00:12:23,646 We're working on that, but she's stable. 262 00:12:23,646 --> 00:12:25,626 You two are in the same sorority? 263 00:12:25,626 --> 00:12:28,147 Kind of. 264 00:12:28,147 --> 00:12:30,270 We're pledges. 265 00:12:30,270 --> 00:12:33,741 Delta Theta Zeta. 266 00:12:36,060 --> 00:12:39,204 I'm afraid to ask. How'd you score GHB? 267 00:12:39,204 --> 00:12:40,152 When I was a teenager, 268 00:12:40,152 --> 00:12:43,085 I used to take the bart into San Francisco and hang out at the haight. 269 00:12:43,085 --> 00:12:46,006 You could buy anything there. 270 00:12:51,752 --> 00:12:53,736 I learned the local language. 271 00:12:53,736 --> 00:12:55,744 Really. 272 00:12:57,384 --> 00:13:00,416 Okay, so how can GHB cause MS? 273 00:13:00,416 --> 00:13:02,582 Well, a designer drug like GHB 274 00:13:02,582 --> 00:13:04,543 can attach itself to the nerves in the brain, 275 00:13:04,543 --> 00:13:07,143 creating a structure the immune system doesn't recognize. 276 00:13:07,143 --> 00:13:12,714 The body responds by attacking it and possibly destroying the nerves. 277 00:13:12,714 --> 00:13:15,975 If this disease is MS, I don't think the sorority girls have it. 278 00:13:15,975 --> 00:13:17,946 There's no evidence of lesions on their brain scans. 279 00:13:17,946 --> 00:13:19,861 There's a different causative agent. 280 00:13:19,861 --> 00:13:22,221 - What about Conrad hall? - I double-checked. 281 00:13:22,221 --> 00:13:25,165 It's a big campus, and neither of the girls have eaten there in weeks. 282 00:13:25,165 --> 00:13:28,208 There is no commonality between the pledges and the football players, 283 00:13:28,208 --> 00:13:29,763 at least none that I've found so far. 284 00:13:29,763 --> 00:13:31,022 Not even parties? 285 00:13:31,022 --> 00:13:32,958 At least none they'll admit to. 286 00:13:32,958 --> 00:13:34,823 I have to arrange a meeting with the sorority president. 287 00:13:34,823 --> 00:13:37,166 - Maybe she can tell us more. - I'll do it. 288 00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:39,650 I haven't been to a sorority in a long time. 289 00:13:39,650 --> 00:13:42,557 Well, the odds against two distinct yet similar medical anomalies 290 00:13:42,557 --> 00:13:44,360 on the same campus have got to be huge. 291 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,925 A university is like an army barracks or a prison. 292 00:13:46,925 --> 00:13:50,370 People living in close quarters, sharing everything including diseases. 293 00:13:50,370 --> 00:13:52,762 So there has to be a connection between the both of them. 294 00:13:52,762 --> 00:13:54,779 Yeah, I agree. but if there isn't, 295 00:13:54,779 --> 00:13:56,729 we thought we had one disease, 296 00:13:56,729 --> 00:13:58,918 now we have two. 297 00:14:00,657 --> 00:14:02,649 Look, we'll keep looking for other factors, 298 00:14:02,649 --> 00:14:05,861 but designer drugs as the MS trigger appears to be the most likely suspect. 299 00:14:05,861 --> 00:14:07,674 Even though we found no drugs in their systems? 300 00:14:07,674 --> 00:14:09,650 But you did find users on this campus. 301 00:14:09,650 --> 00:14:12,238 including, so I hear, some of the football players. 302 00:14:12,238 --> 00:14:16,010 It's not a leap, but the intake of a drug like GHB was the tipping point. 303 00:14:16,010 --> 00:14:18,268 Yeah, coupled with the family's history of auto-immune diseases 304 00:14:18,268 --> 00:14:20,622 like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma. 305 00:14:20,622 --> 00:14:23,935 Two college football players come down with MS in the same week? 306 00:14:23,935 --> 00:14:26,705 The sports magazines and talk shows are gonna jump all over this. 307 00:14:26,705 --> 00:14:29,049 I'm more concerned with the university trying to stonewall us. 308 00:14:29,049 --> 00:14:30,795 Any change in Peter Warren's status? 309 00:14:30,795 --> 00:14:33,073 There's a lot of useful information locked in his head. 310 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:35,086 MS strikes every patient differently. 311 00:14:35,086 --> 00:14:37,108 In many ways, Gordon's the lucky one. 312 00:14:37,108 --> 00:14:38,603 He's functioning. / Yeah. 313 00:14:38,603 --> 00:14:40,836 And there's nothing that stands out with their opponents in Omaha. 314 00:14:40,836 --> 00:14:42,458 What about the sorority girls? 315 00:14:42,458 --> 00:14:43,948 I certainly know they don't have MS. 316 00:14:43,948 --> 00:14:46,033 I started them on a round of antibiotics. 317 00:14:46,033 --> 00:14:48,049 Eva and I are heading to the sorority house. 318 00:14:48,049 --> 00:14:51,611 But first you and I have to deliver some bad news. 319 00:14:51,611 --> 00:14:53,615 Look, Mr. Weiner, I don't know how to say this. 320 00:14:53,615 --> 00:14:55,822 but our theory is, your players developed MS 321 00:14:55,822 --> 00:14:58,086 through their ingestion of an illegal drug, 322 00:14:58,086 --> 00:15:01,807 most likely gamma hydroxybutyrate, also known as GHB. 323 00:15:01,807 --> 00:15:04,888 GHB? Isn't that the, uh, date rape drug? / It is. 324 00:15:04,888 --> 00:15:07,132 But it's also popular as a party drug. 325 00:15:07,132 --> 00:15:10,424 Oh, hold the phone, that's impossible. 326 00:15:10,424 --> 00:15:12,871 We do random drug-testing year-round. 327 00:15:12,871 --> 00:15:14,264 Did you test them for GHB? 328 00:15:14,264 --> 00:15:16,998 We tested for over a dozen party drugs. 329 00:15:16,998 --> 00:15:19,471 Both patients came back negative. 330 00:15:19,471 --> 00:15:20,572 There you go. 331 00:15:20,572 --> 00:15:24,288 However, GHB clears the bloodstream within four to seven hours, 332 00:15:24,288 --> 00:15:25,641 so we can't rule that out. 333 00:15:25,641 --> 00:15:28,467 Designer drugs have had a history of causing neurological damage. 334 00:15:28,467 --> 00:15:30,545 Maybe something else is causing this illness. 335 00:15:30,545 --> 00:15:31,415 We've considered that. 336 00:15:31,415 --> 00:15:33,565 we have tested their food, clothing, dorms, 337 00:15:33,565 --> 00:15:35,573 environments where they spend their time. 338 00:15:35,573 --> 00:15:37,620 There is no other match. 339 00:15:37,620 --> 00:15:41,907 What about that sick sorority girl? What, is she a druggy, too? 340 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:44,972 We believe their cases are a separate issue. 341 00:15:44,972 --> 00:15:47,646 Dr. Durant will continue her analysis of the girls. 342 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:50,011 In the meantime, we've started Kraft and Warren on a treatment 343 00:15:50,011 --> 00:15:52,320 of corticosteroids and beta-interferons. 344 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,675 That should stabilize their symptoms in the short-term. 345 00:15:54,675 --> 00:15:57,937 Listen, I oversee 17 different sports teams. 346 00:15:57,937 --> 00:16:00,548 Honestly, I don't remember half of them. 347 00:16:00,548 --> 00:16:04,330 But I know Gordon Kraft and Peter Warren. Their health freaks. 348 00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:08,080 I can vouch that they are absolutely drug-free. 349 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,275 It has to be something else causing this illness. 350 00:16:10,275 --> 00:16:11,715 David, look, 351 00:16:11,715 --> 00:16:15,140 we've ruled out every other likely designer drug. 352 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:16,838 Regrettable as it is, 353 00:16:16,838 --> 00:16:19,737 these boys may have brought it upon themselves. 354 00:16:19,737 --> 00:16:22,349 It's a disaster. Of all the times. 355 00:16:22,349 --> 00:16:23,910 Homecoming. I know. 356 00:16:23,910 --> 00:16:26,940 Not only that, we were about to initiate the pledge class in a week. 357 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:29,785 Oh, we talked to all six of them. They're very excited. 358 00:16:29,785 --> 00:16:32,077 What's involved with initiation? 359 00:16:32,077 --> 00:16:35,276 There's a candle lighting ceremony and a lot of speeches. 360 00:16:35,276 --> 00:16:38,757 They get their pins. You know, it brings the girls together. 361 00:16:38,757 --> 00:16:40,606 Do the girls party with the football team? 362 00:16:40,606 --> 00:16:42,618 Well, they come to our invites sometimes. 363 00:16:42,618 --> 00:16:44,399 We're more of an academic house than most, 364 00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:47,292 but we do throw awesome date parties. 365 00:16:47,292 --> 00:16:50,272 Are the pledges allowed to these parties? / Allowed? 366 00:16:50,272 --> 00:16:53,409 - They're our honored guests. - When was your last one? 367 00:16:53,409 --> 00:16:54,582 Um... 368 00:16:54,582 --> 00:16:57,383 three weeks ago. Oh, Beverly hillbillies. 369 00:16:57,383 --> 00:16:59,899 We even made our own moonshine. 370 00:16:59,899 --> 00:17:02,497 Were Gordon Kraft or Peter Warren at that party? 371 00:17:02,497 --> 00:17:04,817 Peter Warren? Oh, my god, I wish. 372 00:17:04,817 --> 00:17:06,512 I'd like a sample of that moonshine. 373 00:17:06,512 --> 00:17:09,496 I doubt we have any left. Why? 374 00:17:09,496 --> 00:17:11,575 Because we're attempting to get to the root of the infection, 375 00:17:11,575 --> 00:17:14,417 and if you served grain alcohol that you guys made, 376 00:17:14,417 --> 00:17:19,102 you might have exposed your guests to impurities or poisons. 377 00:17:19,102 --> 00:17:20,940 I think I should speak to our legal council 378 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:24,196 at national before going any further. 379 00:17:24,196 --> 00:17:26,263 Two of your pledges are in the hospital. 380 00:17:26,263 --> 00:17:28,726 I know that, and that's sad, 381 00:17:28,726 --> 00:17:30,985 but the pledges sign a waiver. 382 00:17:30,985 --> 00:17:34,448 We're not responsible if their illness occurred outside of the house. 383 00:17:34,448 --> 00:17:37,661 This isn't about assigning responsibility. It's about saving your friends. 384 00:17:37,661 --> 00:17:41,583 The Delta Theta Zeta sorority is not the pledges' respondent superior. 385 00:17:41,583 --> 00:17:43,913 There's no evidence of vicarious liability, 386 00:17:43,913 --> 00:17:46,309 nor did we have an affirmative duty to rescue, 387 00:17:46,309 --> 00:17:49,330 even if they did become ill on our property. 388 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:51,101 Let me guess, your dad's an attorney. 389 00:17:51,101 --> 00:17:52,320 No. I'm pre-law. 390 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:53,728 How do you know it happened outside the house? 391 00:17:53,728 --> 00:17:56,230 Well, I don't, but.../ well, then you don't have a legal leg to stand on. 392 00:17:56,230 --> 00:18:00,717 Two of our associates will be by to take samples. 393 00:18:01,668 --> 00:18:05,277 - How does it feel to be back? - Frightening. 394 00:18:05,277 --> 00:18:07,581 Wait, the sorority president actually lawyered up? 395 00:18:07,581 --> 00:18:10,080 Tried to, according to Natalie. 396 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:11,621 Well, there's nothing out of the ordinary at the house. 397 00:18:11,621 --> 00:18:12,881 What do you think she's trying to hide? 398 00:18:12,881 --> 00:18:15,809 Who knows, with their super-secret rituals or whatever. 399 00:18:15,809 --> 00:18:17,719 Dr. Connor. 400 00:18:17,719 --> 00:18:19,518 Mr. Weiner. 401 00:18:19,712 --> 00:18:21,113 What can I do for you? 402 00:18:21,113 --> 00:18:24,377 I know it's hard to prove something didn't happen. 403 00:18:24,377 --> 00:18:26,482 But I wanted you to have Gordon Kraft's and, uh, 404 00:18:26,482 --> 00:18:31,146 Peter Warren's drug tests for the last two years. 405 00:18:31,146 --> 00:18:34,076 In my bones, I know these boys are drug-free. 406 00:18:34,076 --> 00:18:37,357 I wanted you to know it in case you had to write some kind of report. 407 00:18:37,357 --> 00:18:39,585 I wouldn't want any other story going public. 408 00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:42,131 Every sports agent in the country's sniffing around. 409 00:18:42,131 --> 00:18:45,344 Kraft's expected to be a low first-round draft pick. 410 00:18:45,344 --> 00:18:47,695 If designer drugs aren't the commonality, 411 00:18:47,695 --> 00:18:49,646 what are these two guys doing or in contact 412 00:18:49,646 --> 00:18:52,328 with that's triggering an autoimmune reaction? 413 00:18:52,328 --> 00:18:54,433 I'll go back over their dorm rooms and lockers. 414 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:56,834 I may have missed something. 415 00:18:56,834 --> 00:18:58,710 Thank you. 416 00:18:59,727 --> 00:19:02,358 You have a rare disease. 417 00:19:02,358 --> 00:19:06,382 It's called malignant multiple sclerosis. 418 00:19:06,382 --> 00:19:09,260 Something's causing your body to attack itself. 419 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:12,211 - How'd it happen? - We don't know. 420 00:19:12,211 --> 00:19:15,750 We're doing everything we can to discover what the cause is. 421 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:19,120 Will finding out make me get better? 422 00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:21,110 It'll prevent other people from getting ill. 423 00:19:21,110 --> 00:19:25,719 What about football? Will I be able to play again? 424 00:19:25,719 --> 00:19:31,055 As your doctor, I'd be lying if I said yeah. 425 00:19:34,099 --> 00:19:36,377 What do you need from me? 426 00:19:36,377 --> 00:19:38,478 Honesty. 427 00:19:38,824 --> 00:19:40,801 You're in college. 428 00:19:40,801 --> 00:19:42,558 You don't drink anything stronger than water? 429 00:19:42,558 --> 00:19:44,248 You don't believe me? 430 00:19:44,248 --> 00:19:47,425 I'm a nutrition major. I know what's good for me. 431 00:19:47,425 --> 00:19:52,510 No processed food, no caffeine, no sodas. 432 00:19:52,510 --> 00:19:54,051 Why you sweating me, man? 433 00:19:54,051 --> 00:19:55,878 Because we ran into a wall, and I don't like losing. 434 00:19:55,878 --> 00:19:58,658 What do you want me to tell you? 435 00:19:58,658 --> 00:19:59,836 You know what? 436 00:19:59,836 --> 00:20:02,583 It's time we visit Peter. 437 00:20:03,457 --> 00:20:05,124 You've been in a coma for two days. 438 00:20:05,124 --> 00:20:07,753 We wanted you stabilized bere you saw him. 439 00:20:07,753 --> 00:20:12,254 But he'll be okay, right? He'll come out of it? 440 00:20:21,514 --> 00:20:22,959 Gordon, 441 00:20:23,551 --> 00:20:28,026 if there's something you haven't told me, now would be the time. 442 00:20:28,026 --> 00:20:31,448 To save your friend. 443 00:20:34,037 --> 00:20:39,092 We have our own personal trainer, Peter and me. 444 00:20:39,092 --> 00:20:44,689 The university, they don't allow it, but... 445 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,953 he was helping us bulk up fast. 446 00:20:50,953 --> 00:20:52,984 How? 447 00:20:53,790 --> 00:20:57,197 Bodybuilding supplements. 448 00:20:57,526 --> 00:20:59,191 Creatine, 449 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:01,039 hydroxadrine, 450 00:21:01,039 --> 00:21:02,894 methyl-D. 451 00:21:02,894 --> 00:21:05,505 He said that they was all natural. 452 00:21:05,505 --> 00:21:11,856 That they was just supposed to make us bigger and stronger. 453 00:21:13,661 --> 00:21:14,963 Something wrong? 454 00:21:14,963 --> 00:21:17,435 Amy Jenkins has strep throat. 455 00:21:17,435 --> 00:21:20,963 I've had strep before. I didn't wind up in an ICU. 456 00:21:20,963 --> 00:21:23,538 In severe cases, strep can lead to Sydenham's chorea, 457 00:21:23,538 --> 00:21:25,356 which causes jerky movements. 458 00:21:25,356 --> 00:21:28,530 Jim Henson, the muppets guy, died of complications following strep. 459 00:21:28,530 --> 00:21:30,629 I didn't know it was so serious. 460 00:21:30,629 --> 00:21:32,973 The boys' personal trainer has a sketchy record, 461 00:21:32,973 --> 00:21:36,214 from New Jersey, to Ohio, and now in Nebraska. 462 00:21:36,214 --> 00:21:38,575 He's been reported to have smuggled roids from Mexico 463 00:21:38,575 --> 00:21:41,053 and dispensed them to his clients under the table. 464 00:21:41,053 --> 00:21:43,095 Steroids alone can't cause MS, 465 00:21:43,095 --> 00:21:46,173 but Mexican steroids are often adulterated with foreign agents, 466 00:21:46,173 --> 00:21:48,626 boosters, herbs, chemical supplements. 467 00:21:48,626 --> 00:21:51,518 Any one of them can set off an autoimmune response. 468 00:21:51,518 --> 00:21:54,861 I found two of these in Gordon's bathroom wedged behind the sink. 469 00:21:54,861 --> 00:21:56,874 Might have rolled away from him while they were on the counter. 470 00:21:56,874 --> 00:21:58,984 No labeling. / Look like an aspirin. 471 00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:00,754 I'll have them analyzed. 472 00:22:00,754 --> 00:22:02,541 So how'd they hook up with this trainer? 473 00:22:02,541 --> 00:22:06,803 A referral by a one David Weiner. 474 00:22:07,737 --> 00:22:09,401 Mexican steroids? 475 00:22:09,401 --> 00:22:10,753 That's the best theory you can come up with? 476 00:22:10,753 --> 00:22:13,524 We know about the personal trainer you hooked them up with, Mr. Weiner. 477 00:22:13,524 --> 00:22:16,108 He had your boys on steroids without them knowing it. 478 00:22:16,108 --> 00:22:18,326 That's ridiculous. We do urine tests. 479 00:22:18,326 --> 00:22:20,025 There's ways around those. 480 00:22:20,025 --> 00:22:22,754 I've got nothing more to say to you guys. 481 00:22:22,754 --> 00:22:24,057 Look... 482 00:22:25,446 --> 00:22:27,638 you're gonna have to tell me the truth. 483 00:22:27,638 --> 00:22:31,916 Tell me before the NCAA finds out. 484 00:22:32,210 --> 00:22:35,113 I had nothing but the best interests of those guys in mind. 485 00:22:35,113 --> 00:22:36,353 I'm sure you did. 486 00:22:36,353 --> 00:22:41,156 But right now, those two boys are sitting in the hospital. 487 00:22:41,156 --> 00:22:42,854 Dave, what is it? 488 00:22:46,202 --> 00:22:47,898 It's a grand mal. 489 00:22:47,898 --> 00:22:48,745 Hold on, David. 490 00:22:48,745 --> 00:22:50,822 Hold on! Hold on! 491 00:22:51,523 --> 00:22:53,261 Those pills I found in Gordon's room... 492 00:22:53,261 --> 00:22:56,726 just an herbal, weight gainer. Ineffective and harmless. 493 00:22:56,726 --> 00:22:58,565 The guys knew hiring a trainer was against the rules. 494 00:22:58,565 --> 00:23:00,409 At least the trainer wasn't steroid doping them. 495 00:23:00,409 --> 00:23:02,764 Weiner's clean for steroids, so are Gordon and Peter. 496 00:23:02,764 --> 00:23:05,764 So GHB and steroids are off the table as trigger agents. 497 00:23:05,764 --> 00:23:08,108 With Weiner's MS diagnosed, containment is broken. 498 00:23:08,108 --> 00:23:09,178 We still don't have any commonality 499 00:23:09,178 --> 00:23:11,037 between him and the other football players. 500 00:23:11,037 --> 00:23:13,966 I have the team's season schedule prior to their Omaha away game, 501 00:23:13,966 --> 00:23:16,612 they played a scrimmage in Norfork, Nebraska. 502 00:23:16,612 --> 00:23:18,809 So let's start in Norfork and work our way backwards. 503 00:23:18,809 --> 00:23:20,114 Check all the hospitals in Norfork. 504 00:23:20,114 --> 00:23:21,798 See if there are any seizure or spasm cases 505 00:23:21,798 --> 00:23:24,312 and see if any of the other players on the opposing teams are sick. 506 00:23:24,312 --> 00:23:27,753 I'm on it. Stephen, there are all a lot rumors floating around campus. 507 00:23:27,753 --> 00:23:30,385 Everything from a killer flu to a new strain of mono. 508 00:23:30,385 --> 00:23:32,928 Even spiked erectile function pills. 509 00:23:32,928 --> 00:23:35,853 The university's starting to get cancellations for homecoming. 510 00:23:35,853 --> 00:23:38,392 Less alumni, less money. 511 00:23:38,392 --> 00:23:41,039 They're worried that we're gonna issue a health alert for the weekend. 512 00:23:41,039 --> 00:23:42,872 That may not be a bad idea. 513 00:23:42,872 --> 00:23:45,128 You ready to make that call? 514 00:23:45,128 --> 00:23:46,348 That was Dr. Salgado. 515 00:23:46,348 --> 00:23:50,403 Four more Delta Theta Zeta girls were admitted with spasms. / Four more? 516 00:23:50,403 --> 00:23:54,648 See if they're strep cases, start them on antibiotics. 517 00:23:54,648 --> 00:23:57,414 NORTHERN NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 518 00:24:01,650 --> 00:24:03,217 It was weird. 519 00:24:03,217 --> 00:24:06,423 We were all sitting around the TV room watching that gay makeover show, 520 00:24:06,423 --> 00:24:09,725 then all of a sudden I just started shaking. 521 00:24:09,725 --> 00:24:13,427 - I felt woozy like I was gonna faint. - Me, too. 522 00:24:13,427 --> 00:24:15,626 It happened a little later, though. 523 00:24:15,626 --> 00:24:19,545 But it was different. I felt like I was boiling up inside. 524 00:24:19,545 --> 00:24:23,448 How much contact do you have with the other sick girls? / Total. 525 00:24:23,448 --> 00:24:25,284 They're our pledge sisters. 526 00:24:25,284 --> 00:24:26,970 Can we be with them? 527 00:24:26,970 --> 00:24:29,227 They're on a different floor. 528 00:24:29,227 --> 00:24:30,881 Tell them we're here for them. 529 00:24:30,881 --> 00:24:34,348 Delta Theta Zeta forever. 530 00:24:34,767 --> 00:24:36,006 Conversion reaction? 531 00:24:36,006 --> 00:24:38,325 We know the first two girls genuinely have strep throat. 532 00:24:38,325 --> 00:24:40,587 There are signs of strep in two of the four new girls. 533 00:24:40,587 --> 00:24:44,079 From what I can tell, the remaining two are perfectly healthy, except for the spasms. 534 00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:47,208 Wait a minute. You think subconsciously some of them want to be sick? 535 00:24:47,208 --> 00:24:49,180 From what I'm learning about group socialization in sororities, 536 00:24:49,180 --> 00:24:51,882 it makes total sense. It's hive mentality. 537 00:24:51,882 --> 00:24:54,100 The girls want so badly to be like their pledge sisters, 538 00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:56,848 that their minds are forcing their bodies to react. 539 00:24:56,848 --> 00:24:58,077 Sympathetic hysteria. 540 00:24:58,077 --> 00:25:00,297 Sort of what happened to the girls during the salem witch trials. 541 00:25:00,297 --> 00:25:01,824 And in Los Angeles in the '30s. 542 00:25:01,824 --> 00:25:04,348 Nurses treating polio patients came down with the symptoms themselves. 543 00:25:04,348 --> 00:25:06,249 Well, until it was proved to be mass hysteria. 544 00:25:06,249 --> 00:25:08,399 But something's not adding up. I treated the four girls with strep, 545 00:25:08,399 --> 00:25:10,395 but they're not getting significantly better. 546 00:25:10,395 --> 00:25:11,849 You think it's something other than strep? 547 00:25:11,849 --> 00:25:14,979 Possibly. That's why I'm ordering a comprehensive blood work on all six. 548 00:25:14,979 --> 00:25:17,068 - Excellent. - How's David Weiner? 549 00:25:17,068 --> 00:25:18,608 Won't be able to talk to him for a few hours. 550 00:25:18,608 --> 00:25:20,503 Dr. Connor, you should see this. 551 00:25:20,503 --> 00:25:22,985 She was suiting up for practice when it started. 552 00:25:22,985 --> 00:25:25,612 The coach was aware of the symptoms and rushed her here. 553 00:25:25,612 --> 00:25:26,918 Her name is Monica Eames. 554 00:25:26,918 --> 00:25:29,694 She's pre-med and volunteers here at the hospital. I know her. 555 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:31,147 Is she in a sorority? / No. 556 00:25:31,147 --> 00:25:32,908 Any social commonalities with the football players? 557 00:25:32,908 --> 00:25:34,792 - Not that I know of. - Test her for MS. 558 00:25:34,792 --> 00:25:37,439 If she tests positive, she doesn't fit any established pattern of the illness, 559 00:25:37,439 --> 00:25:38,847 except she plays sports. 560 00:25:38,847 --> 00:25:40,322 That doesn't help matters, does it? 561 00:25:40,322 --> 00:25:42,288 Actually, it does. If we find out what's making made her ill, 562 00:25:42,288 --> 00:25:44,945 we'll be able to isolate what all the other patients have in common. 563 00:25:44,945 --> 00:25:47,266 The hockey player tested positive for MS. 564 00:25:47,266 --> 00:25:49,604 Whatever's causing this disease is right here on this campus. 565 00:25:49,604 --> 00:25:51,452 So the commonality is athletes. 566 00:25:51,452 --> 00:25:53,522 No, the commonality is athletics. 567 00:25:53,522 --> 00:25:56,147 David Weiner was the outlier for a different reason. 568 00:25:56,147 --> 00:25:59,291 He's in the sports world, but he doesn't play. 569 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:01,318 Two football players, one female hockey player 570 00:26:01,318 --> 00:26:03,090 and an out-of-shape athletic director. 571 00:26:03,090 --> 00:26:04,114 What do they have in common? 572 00:26:04,114 --> 00:26:05,800 Whatever the commonality, we missed it, 573 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,640 or were lead away from it. Patients confuse events, 574 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:13,560 or they tell us things that we think we want to hear. 575 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,637 You know those barco key cards we have at NIH? 576 00:26:16,637 --> 00:26:19,530 They track our movement throughout the facility, name, date and time. 577 00:26:19,530 --> 00:26:23,377 I've seen students here with the same cards. 578 00:26:23,521 --> 00:26:26,581 Yeah, David Weiner had one, too. 579 00:26:26,581 --> 00:26:29,039 When I was in med school, we used to buy our meals with a key card. 580 00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:31,725 Which means we can trace patients to the dining hall they ate in, 581 00:26:31,725 --> 00:26:33,498 what they ordered and when. 582 00:26:33,498 --> 00:26:35,313 That's excellent. 583 00:26:35,313 --> 00:26:38,393 Eva, there's gonna be privacy concerns in getting access to these records. 584 00:26:38,393 --> 00:26:39,862 I'll make sure there aren't any. 585 00:26:39,862 --> 00:26:41,978 I think I've got something. 586 00:26:41,978 --> 00:26:43,963 The expanded blood work I ran on the sorority girls 587 00:26:43,963 --> 00:26:46,624 came back positive for mercury poisoning, 588 00:26:46,624 --> 00:26:49,036 for all six of them. 589 00:26:49,613 --> 00:26:52,472 DELTA THETA ZETA SORORITY 590 00:26:53,795 --> 00:26:55,342 Is this gonna take long? 591 00:26:55,342 --> 00:26:56,751 That depends on you. 592 00:26:56,751 --> 00:26:59,546 Mercury poisoning is very serious business. 593 00:26:59,546 --> 00:27:02,013 I don't know where mercury could have come from. 594 00:27:02,013 --> 00:27:05,035 Our house isn't like the rat trap houses at the other end of the row. 595 00:27:05,035 --> 00:27:09,581 We had the entire building renovated just three years ago. / It's pretty. 596 00:27:09,581 --> 00:27:12,797 - How many actives do you have? - 32. 597 00:27:12,797 --> 00:27:15,121 How come none of them became ill? 598 00:27:15,121 --> 00:27:17,302 You're the doctor. You tell me. 599 00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:20,118 - Small chapter. - We're very selective. 600 00:27:20,118 --> 00:27:23,072 We only accept seven pledges a year. 601 00:27:23,072 --> 00:27:27,628 There are only six girls in this photo and we only spoke with six. 602 00:27:27,628 --> 00:27:29,754 We had seven. One backed out. 603 00:27:29,754 --> 00:27:31,074 Where is she? 604 00:27:31,074 --> 00:27:33,409 In the dorms where she belongs. 605 00:27:33,409 --> 00:27:35,960 - Is she sick? - I wouldn't know. 606 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,754 Once a candidate depledges, we sever contact. 607 00:27:38,754 --> 00:27:41,263 Nice. Did she walk on her own? 608 00:27:41,263 --> 00:27:44,345 Yes, but the writing was on the wall, her attitude. 609 00:27:44,345 --> 00:27:46,967 She thought she was better than us sisters. 610 00:27:46,967 --> 00:27:49,265 Would you happen to remember her name? 611 00:27:49,265 --> 00:27:51,314 Rebecca Stevens. 612 00:27:51,314 --> 00:27:54,375 I suppose you want her number, too. 613 00:28:01,670 --> 00:28:04,283 You see a pattern? 614 00:28:05,152 --> 00:28:08,229 The number of places that we visit, 615 00:28:08,229 --> 00:28:13,169 the number of opportunities that we have for the chance of infection. 616 00:28:13,169 --> 00:28:18,751 A water bottle, a salt shaker, doorknob. 617 00:28:18,751 --> 00:28:22,165 Sometimes it all just seems hopeless. 618 00:28:22,165 --> 00:28:24,946 You're quite romantic. 619 00:28:29,593 --> 00:28:32,051 Look. / What do you see? 620 00:28:32,051 --> 00:28:34,390 Berkeley hall is a student dining common, right? 621 00:28:34,390 --> 00:28:38,288 Yes, they've all eaten there. But there are five different dining halls on campus. 622 00:28:38,288 --> 00:28:41,626 But David Weiner, the athletic director, only ate at that one. 623 00:28:41,626 --> 00:28:44,692 We thoroughly checked Berkeley hall as part of our initial sweep. 624 00:28:44,692 --> 00:28:46,438 We're gonna have to check it again. 625 00:28:46,438 --> 00:28:49,694 I think this is the commonality we've been looking for. 626 00:29:36,788 --> 00:29:39,118 - It's not in Berkeley hall. - It has to be. 627 00:29:39,118 --> 00:29:40,199 It's all they have in common. 628 00:29:40,199 --> 00:29:42,154 Something in there is triggering the MS. 629 00:29:42,154 --> 00:29:43,413 We've swabbed every surface, 630 00:29:43,413 --> 00:29:45,747 checked every food source, tested the vents, the water. 631 00:29:45,747 --> 00:29:47,617 All we've found is garden-variety bacteria. 632 00:29:47,617 --> 00:29:50,407 Nothing with a protein structure mimicking the nerve proteins. 633 00:29:50,407 --> 00:29:52,819 What do you want to do? 634 00:29:53,172 --> 00:29:57,775 Stabilized or not, I'm gonna have a little talk with David Weiner. 635 00:30:13,283 --> 00:30:15,402 If it's too loud, you're too old. 636 00:30:15,402 --> 00:30:17,965 Then I'm too old. 637 00:30:19,326 --> 00:30:22,135 Hi. / Hi, we're from the national institutes of health. 638 00:30:22,135 --> 00:30:24,219 Oh. Um... 639 00:30:24,219 --> 00:30:26,211 Come in. 640 00:30:29,021 --> 00:30:30,424 I like the school and all, 641 00:30:30,424 --> 00:30:33,870 but it's like a city of 12,000 kids in the middle of nowhere. 642 00:30:33,870 --> 00:30:37,675 So you need a support system, like Delta Theta Zeta. 643 00:30:37,675 --> 00:30:39,210 Everybody goes greek. 644 00:30:39,210 --> 00:30:43,024 If you're not in a fraternity or sorority you're just another G.D.I. 645 00:30:43,024 --> 00:30:46,239 Were the pledges hazed in any way? 646 00:30:46,239 --> 00:30:50,658 Delta Theta Zeta has strict anti-hazing rules. 647 00:30:50,658 --> 00:30:53,192 In any way? 648 00:30:53,192 --> 00:30:55,051 Look, Rebecca... 649 00:30:55,803 --> 00:30:59,031 there's nothing they can do to hurt you. 650 00:30:59,031 --> 00:31:05,708 Those pledges, your friends, they need you now. 651 00:31:07,761 --> 00:31:12,128 Not only do you have to be smart and popular to pass initiation, 652 00:31:12,128 --> 00:31:14,361 but you have to be gorgeous. 653 00:31:14,361 --> 00:31:17,406 None of us wanted to be blackballed, so one of the girls had the idea 654 00:31:17,406 --> 00:31:20,913 to weigh ourselves every week to make sure we weren't gaining the freshman 15. 655 00:31:20,913 --> 00:31:22,962 You don't look like you need to lose any weight. 656 00:31:22,962 --> 00:31:24,827 First it was just a joke. 657 00:31:24,827 --> 00:31:27,938 Amy bought a laser pointer to show where we were bulging. 658 00:31:27,938 --> 00:31:30,313 But then we started taking it seriously. 659 00:31:30,313 --> 00:31:34,143 Finally, we were outlining each other's fat with lipstick. 660 00:31:34,143 --> 00:31:37,651 We all hated it, but Amy made us do it anyway. 661 00:31:37,651 --> 00:31:38,997 The worst part is, 662 00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:41,465 we weren't allowed to wash it off until the next week. 663 00:31:41,465 --> 00:31:43,866 This was all Amy Jenkins' idea? 664 00:31:43,866 --> 00:31:46,021 All the girls do whatever Amy says. 665 00:31:46,021 --> 00:31:48,858 I don't know why. She's kind of a control freak. 666 00:31:48,858 --> 00:31:50,900 What kind of lipstick is this? 667 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:53,363 I don't know. It was thick. 668 00:31:53,363 --> 00:31:57,050 I bought a whole bunch of it in Belize on vacation. 669 00:31:57,050 --> 00:31:59,593 It's possible the girls were having a transference of mercury 670 00:31:59,593 --> 00:32:01,663 from the lipstick into their bloodstream. 671 00:32:01,663 --> 00:32:07,908 But why didn't you get sick if you were all exposed to same lipstick? 672 00:32:07,908 --> 00:32:09,977 What is it? 673 00:32:09,977 --> 00:32:13,135 I was never marked. 674 00:32:13,135 --> 00:32:19,127 The pledges knew the actives wanted them to have bodies like mine. 675 00:32:19,127 --> 00:32:23,509 They felt so much pressure, so did I. 676 00:32:23,509 --> 00:32:26,268 Do you have any of the lipstick left? 677 00:32:26,268 --> 00:32:29,199 Amy has it all. 678 00:32:29,575 --> 00:32:32,485 I actually only wore it for like five minutes. 679 00:32:32,485 --> 00:32:35,991 It looked terrible on me. 680 00:32:39,215 --> 00:32:40,675 How you feeling? 681 00:32:40,675 --> 00:32:44,594 Like I was thrown out of a speeding car. 682 00:32:44,594 --> 00:32:48,160 - What happened? - You had an episode. 683 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,514 It's the onset of acute malignant MS. 684 00:32:51,514 --> 00:32:54,110 Are you sure? 685 00:32:54,529 --> 00:32:55,820 Yeah. 686 00:32:55,820 --> 00:32:57,960 We're sure. 687 00:33:00,919 --> 00:33:04,350 How could that happen? 688 00:33:05,111 --> 00:33:08,891 We think it's from something you ate or drank. 689 00:33:08,891 --> 00:33:10,648 What are you talking about? 690 00:33:10,648 --> 00:33:13,240 When was the last time you ate with the students? 691 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,873 - I eat with students all the time. - With athletes. 692 00:33:15,873 --> 00:33:19,506 Not just football players, basketball, field hockey, especially in the last week. 693 00:33:19,506 --> 00:33:22,007 - Athletes dinners. - What are those? 694 00:33:22,007 --> 00:33:24,293 A thank you from the university. 695 00:33:24,293 --> 00:33:29,802 Each team gets a special meal at homecoming. The works. 696 00:33:29,802 --> 00:33:32,024 Where'd you have those, in the dining commons? 697 00:33:32,024 --> 00:33:33,104 Berkeley hall? 698 00:33:33,104 --> 00:33:36,269 No, not Berkeley. 699 00:33:36,269 --> 00:33:39,239 Not the dining commons. It's, uh, 700 00:33:39,239 --> 00:33:41,911 Davidson house. 701 00:33:41,911 --> 00:33:45,786 That didn't show up on any students' key cards. 702 00:33:45,786 --> 00:33:50,882 Yeah, it wouldn't. It's a private residence used. 703 00:33:50,882 --> 00:33:55,530 Special occasions, no ID cards. 704 00:33:55,530 --> 00:33:57,001 Thank you, Mr. Weiner. 705 00:33:57,001 --> 00:33:59,168 Dr. Connor? 706 00:34:00,619 --> 00:34:03,667 What do I do now? 707 00:34:05,161 --> 00:34:08,300 You don't have to do anything. 708 00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,829 We'll take care of it from here. 709 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:26,302 Do we shut down the meal? 710 00:34:26,302 --> 00:34:29,799 Not until we find out what we're looking for. 711 00:34:33,934 --> 00:34:37,418 Has to be a specific agent. 712 00:34:37,984 --> 00:34:44,893 Something so unique that only one or two people become ill per meal. 713 00:34:46,904 --> 00:34:50,187 If it's food, which one? 714 00:35:02,504 --> 00:35:03,866 Miles... 715 00:35:03,866 --> 00:35:05,378 find out what's on the menu tonight, 716 00:35:05,378 --> 00:35:09,601 see if it differs from the other athletes dinners. 717 00:35:11,023 --> 00:35:14,341 What about a beverage? 718 00:35:14,341 --> 00:35:18,145 Tea, coffee, sodas, lemonade. 719 00:35:18,145 --> 00:35:20,629 No, it's too common. 720 00:35:20,629 --> 00:35:22,249 With only eight percent of the population 721 00:35:22,249 --> 00:35:24,736 being predisposed to a disease like MS, 722 00:35:24,736 --> 00:35:30,475 our outbreak would have a lot more patients than just four. 723 00:35:46,322 --> 00:35:47,843 You drink coffee, tea? 724 00:35:47,843 --> 00:35:49,605 - Yeah, I live on it. - What do you put in it? 725 00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:51,836 Sugar, milk, artificial s weetener, honey, lemon. 726 00:35:51,836 --> 00:35:53,317 We're gonna need samples, all of them. 727 00:35:53,317 --> 00:35:55,630 There have been three dinners. Different menu every meal. 728 00:35:55,630 --> 00:35:57,458 Three dinners. Three outbreaks. 729 00:35:57,458 --> 00:36:01,999 A different meal with every gathering. What's the same? 730 00:36:07,154 --> 00:36:11,001 These players are in peak condition. 731 00:36:11,664 --> 00:36:13,596 They treat food as fuel. 732 00:36:13,596 --> 00:36:17,646 Pure. Healthy. 733 00:36:17,646 --> 00:36:18,797 Powell, 734 00:36:19,196 --> 00:36:21,215 test every healthy beverage in the hall. 735 00:36:21,215 --> 00:36:22,476 Every healthy beverage? 736 00:36:22,476 --> 00:36:26,355 Protein shakes, bottled water, sports drinks. 737 00:36:26,355 --> 00:36:29,268 Kraft and Warren were very particular about what they put in their bodies. 738 00:36:29,268 --> 00:36:31,685 That doesn't explain David Weiner. 739 00:36:31,685 --> 00:36:33,446 Damn it. 740 00:36:35,421 --> 00:36:39,458 What did the infected players do different? 741 00:36:48,134 --> 00:36:52,753 - Either of you guys drink milk? - I pour it on my cereal. 742 00:37:08,674 --> 00:37:10,458 What about organic milk? 743 00:37:10,458 --> 00:37:12,858 I bought it once. Expensive as hell. 744 00:37:12,858 --> 00:37:17,349 You'd have to be someone who was very serious about your health. 745 00:37:19,018 --> 00:37:20,011 Durant. 746 00:37:20,011 --> 00:37:22,780 Natalie, there's a banquet underway, and I need an answer fast. 747 00:37:22,780 --> 00:37:24,071 Call Dr. Salgado. 748 00:37:24,071 --> 00:37:27,824 Have her find out if David Weiner drank organic milk at an athletes' dinner. 749 00:37:27,824 --> 00:37:32,055 Wait. / His wife was nagging him about eating healthier. 750 00:37:33,205 --> 00:37:35,544 Organic milk? 751 00:37:35,544 --> 00:37:37,076 Yeah. 752 00:37:37,823 --> 00:37:39,806 Your organic milk. Who's your supplier? 753 00:37:39,806 --> 00:37:41,797 We get the organic milk from our own cows, 754 00:37:41,797 --> 00:37:45,104 from the farm at the agriculture school. 755 00:37:45,526 --> 00:37:47,561 Yeah? / Dr. Salgado checked with Weiner. 756 00:37:47,561 --> 00:37:48,832 He tried the organic milk. 757 00:37:48,832 --> 00:37:51,995 That's it, we'll take the dispenser to the university lab and test it there. 758 00:37:51,995 --> 00:37:53,363 Connor, what if it isn't? 759 00:37:53,363 --> 00:37:55,405 What if it's something else, or something more? 760 00:37:55,405 --> 00:37:59,651 You have a roomful of potential victims out there. What about them? 761 00:37:59,651 --> 00:38:02,732 We have to stop those people from eating and quickly. 762 00:38:02,732 --> 00:38:07,193 - But without panic. - How are we gonna do that? 763 00:38:21,426 --> 00:38:24,770 The agricultural school confirmed they just began milking their cows, 764 00:38:24,770 --> 00:38:28,482 and that milk was first distributed to Davidson house for the athletes' dinners. 765 00:38:28,482 --> 00:38:30,371 What makes these cows so special? 766 00:38:30,371 --> 00:38:32,835 Organic farms only have a handful of cows, 767 00:38:32,835 --> 00:38:36,085 which means small gene pools, inbreeding, recessive disorders. 768 00:38:36,085 --> 00:38:38,424 All of which could cause a genetic disorder. 769 00:38:38,424 --> 00:38:41,552 So you think the milk's mutated and its protein structure's causing the MS? 770 00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:43,625 - I'm willing to bet on it. - How's that? 771 00:38:43,625 --> 00:38:47,400 The body's own system started attacking that mutant milk protein. 772 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,990 That protein mimicked the nerve structure inside their brains 773 00:38:49,990 --> 00:38:52,054 so their immune systems started destroying their own nerves, 774 00:38:52,054 --> 00:38:53,462 which lead to acute MS. 775 00:38:53,462 --> 00:38:54,716 What he's trying to say is, 776 00:38:54,716 --> 00:38:57,931 the healthy got sick by trying to eat healthy. 777 00:38:57,931 --> 00:39:00,547 - That's another way of putting it. - Okay, that I get. 778 00:39:00,547 --> 00:39:03,465 It's latent. You had to have had a genetic predisposition. 779 00:39:03,465 --> 00:39:05,948 But Connor is right, it's nature's roll of the dice. 780 00:39:05,948 --> 00:39:07,813 So what happened with the sorority pledges? 781 00:39:07,813 --> 00:39:10,598 We got the test back on the lipstick. Loaded with mercury. 782 00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:12,359 Because of the prolonged exposure to the skin, 783 00:39:12,359 --> 00:39:15,072 the mercury leeched from the lipstick into the bloodstream. 784 00:39:15,072 --> 00:39:16,563 The girls are on a course of treatment. 785 00:39:16,563 --> 00:39:19,177 And Delta Theta Zeta national is gonna have a long talk with the chapter 786 00:39:19,177 --> 00:39:21,454 and Amy Jenkins regarding their priorities. 787 00:39:21,454 --> 00:39:22,690 Like staying alive. 788 00:39:22,690 --> 00:39:24,314 And our work is done. 789 00:39:24,314 --> 00:39:26,330 Except for one thing. 790 00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:28,332 I'll catch up to you. 791 00:39:31,614 --> 00:39:34,755 I told you I didn't take steroids. 792 00:39:34,755 --> 00:39:37,258 You were right. My bad. 793 00:39:37,258 --> 00:39:38,843 It's all good. 794 00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:41,501 I've been accused of far worse. 795 00:39:41,501 --> 00:39:43,400 Organic milk, huh? 796 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:44,799 Yep. 797 00:39:44,799 --> 00:39:46,416 All this time I was worried about 798 00:39:46,416 --> 00:39:50,226 taking a hit from the wrong angle and winding up paralyzed. 799 00:39:50,226 --> 00:39:52,499 Never none of this. 800 00:39:52,499 --> 00:39:54,551 How do I get better? 801 00:39:54,551 --> 00:39:58,525 Well, as soon as you get stronger, they'll start you on physical therapy. 802 00:39:58,525 --> 00:40:00,634 Give yourself some time. 803 00:40:00,634 --> 00:40:01,920 I can handle it. 804 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,605 You know how it is, you played ball. I'm a warrior. 805 00:40:05,605 --> 00:40:07,802 Yeah, but don't do this alone. 806 00:40:07,802 --> 00:40:09,351 Trust me. 807 00:40:09,351 --> 00:40:13,709 This is the time you need to let in the people who really care about you. 808 00:40:13,709 --> 00:40:17,032 What do I do with my life if I can't play ball, doc? 809 00:40:17,032 --> 00:40:18,594 How am I supposed to deal with that? 810 00:40:18,594 --> 00:40:20,742 Well, you just said it. 811 00:40:20,947 --> 00:40:23,131 You're a warrior. 812 00:40:25,130 --> 00:40:26,896 See you, Gordon. 813 00:40:26,896 --> 00:40:28,741 Hey, um... 814 00:40:30,142 --> 00:40:32,745 you want to hang around for a bit? 815 00:40:32,745 --> 00:40:34,648 Maybe you could tell me some lies 816 00:40:34,648 --> 00:40:37,659 about how great of a free safety you were? 817 00:40:37,659 --> 00:40:40,521 I got all the time you need. 818 00:40:41,197 --> 00:40:45,195 Thank you, ma'am. We're fine. / Okay. 819 00:40:46,024 --> 00:40:48,242 All right, there was this one game. 820 00:40:48,242 --> 00:40:50,537 We were playing Syracuss.