1 00:00:17,817 --> 00:00:19,768 Donna, I can't find my speech. 2 00:00:20,399 --> 00:00:21,615 I had it just a minute ago. 3 00:00:22,039 --> 00:00:22,830 You left it on your desk, honey. 4 00:00:23,318 --> 00:00:24,326 They're ready for you, Congressman. 5 00:00:24,599 --> 00:00:25,823 You're very warm, Doug. Are you all right? 6 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:27,046 He's fine, Mrs. Lawrence. 7 00:00:27,279 --> 00:00:27,941 He doesn't look fine. 8 00:00:28,254 --> 00:00:28,925 I just have a headache. 9 00:00:29,573 --> 00:00:31,629 You haven't been able to keep food down for two days. You're very weak. 10 00:00:32,109 --> 00:00:34,164 Maybe we should hold off on this speech until you feel better. 11 00:00:34,411 --> 00:00:35,823 We don't want to miss the news cycle. 12 00:00:36,027 --> 00:00:38,406 President just had his physical. Health care's on everyone's mind. 13 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:40,254 I'll get some rest later, I promise. 14 00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:42,107 I'll tell the press you're coming out. 15 00:00:43,061 --> 00:00:44,074 Smile. 16 00:00:44,769 --> 00:00:45,633 You're impossible. 17 00:00:46,233 --> 00:00:47,593 That's what my last opponent ran on. 18 00:00:49,529 --> 00:00:50,303 Good afternoon. 19 00:00:54,182 --> 00:00:57,182 As you know, I've been working closely with representatives from both parties 20 00:00:58,222 --> 00:01:04,044 to hammer out a bill that would guarantee prenatal healthcare to all women regardless of their citizenship, 21 00:01:04,539 --> 00:01:08,699 and to guarantee healthcare to all children up to the age of 12. 22 00:01:10,490 --> 00:01:11,427 Well, I'm pleased to announce... 23 00:01:13,435 --> 00:01:17,922 that I'm introducing such a bill tomorrow before Congress recesses. 24 00:01:18,210 --> 00:01:19,153 Well, Congressman Lawrence, 25 00:01:19,705 --> 00:01:24,239 hasn't the President indicated that he'll veto such a bill, as it's too expensive? 26 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:30,095 I've had discussions with... 27 00:01:34,926 --> 00:01:35,949 With... 28 00:02:00,539 --> 00:02:03,750 -- Medical Investigation 118 -- -- The Black Book -- 29 00:02:04,911 --> 00:02:07,987 Transcript: Raceman - Synchro: jh26 30 00:03:04,488 --> 00:03:05,339 How is he? 31 00:03:06,758 --> 00:03:08,462 The attending should fill you in, Donna. 32 00:03:08,870 --> 00:03:11,013 Yeah, but he's not my friend. 33 00:03:16,443 --> 00:03:17,619 It's hard to tell right now. 34 00:03:18,835 --> 00:03:21,643 At first, the doctors thought Doug had a pulmonary embolism. 35 00:03:23,697 --> 00:03:24,658 But now they're just not sure. 36 00:03:26,810 --> 00:03:28,856 I always know when you're not telling me everything. 37 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,696 Okay. 38 00:03:32,768 --> 00:03:34,199 I'm not just here as a friend anymore. 39 00:03:35,327 --> 00:03:37,143 We were officially brought in this afternoon. 40 00:03:38,070 --> 00:03:41,406 N.I.H.? Why? 41 00:03:44,277 --> 00:03:47,108 Okay, so Congressman Lawrence isn't the only political player who's sick? 42 00:03:47,438 --> 00:03:52,172 No. There are two other men with similar symptoms-- heart abnormalities, lung inflammation and gastrointestinal discomfort. 43 00:03:52,579 --> 00:03:53,395 A multi-system disease. 44 00:03:53,699 --> 00:03:55,427 It could be toxin exposure, severe infection. 45 00:03:55,658 --> 00:03:57,034 Yeah... so, who are the other victims? 46 00:03:57,794 --> 00:04:00,450 Congressman Jack Jacobs. He's been on all the political talk shows. 47 00:04:00,697 --> 00:04:01,906 Didn't know you were a news junkie, Miles. 48 00:04:02,321 --> 00:04:04,688 Jacobs's taken lots of money from pharmaceutical interests. 49 00:04:05,073 --> 00:04:06,848 He's always debating Lawrence about health care. 50 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:07,575 Third victim? 51 00:04:07,863 --> 00:04:10,096 Yes, Raymond Wingate. He's a lieutenant in the Capitol Police. 52 00:04:10,519 --> 00:04:12,783 He's the worst off of the three. He's unconscious and on a ventilator. 53 00:04:13,432 --> 00:04:14,455 He's obviously no help. 54 00:04:15,144 --> 00:04:17,798 That's all we know for now. Except that they all work in the Sam Rayburn Building. 55 00:04:18,246 --> 00:04:19,653 The Rayburn Building? 56 00:04:20,837 --> 00:04:23,324 That's home of the entire United States House of Representatives. 57 00:04:23,877 --> 00:04:25,300 Which means we may be dealing with... 58 00:04:25,517 --> 00:04:27,171 An intentional release of a biological agent. 59 00:04:27,715 --> 00:04:29,931 Obviously, with members of the Congress involved, we can't rule that out. 60 00:04:30,963 --> 00:04:32,027 A wise assumption. 61 00:04:32,371 --> 00:04:33,114 Director Ewing. 62 00:04:34,206 --> 00:04:34,887 Hello, Kate. 63 00:04:35,274 --> 00:04:38,697 Must be a photo op somewhere nearby to get the head of the N.I.H. down here in the dungeon. 64 00:04:39,311 --> 00:04:41,305 Somebody's got to be the N.I.H. poster child. 65 00:04:42,345 --> 00:04:44,800 Unfortunately, the press is already smelling blood. 66 00:04:45,336 --> 00:04:46,479 Are we talking terrorist attack? 67 00:04:46,854 --> 00:04:50,967 Three people sick, all in the same government building, post 9/11. 68 00:04:51,247 --> 00:04:56,709 It doesn't take a tabloid diehard to make that leap. I'm assuming that's your working theory, Stephen. 69 00:04:56,925 --> 00:04:58,412 Of course. I mean, when you hear hoof beats... 70 00:04:58,701 --> 00:04:59,852 Think horses, not zebras. 71 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:02,212 Oh, this is going to be a PR headache. 72 00:05:02,572 --> 00:05:04,819 Which is why you need to sniff around. 73 00:05:05,428 --> 00:05:07,995 I can check with the editors, see what stories they've assigned. 74 00:05:08,339 --> 00:05:09,715 See how the press is going to play this. 75 00:05:10,018 --> 00:05:14,153 Good. We have a better chance of tracking down what's really going on here if CNN's not fanning the flames. 76 00:05:15,785 --> 00:05:17,928 Frank, I assume you'll be going over the Rayburn Building? 77 00:05:18,288 --> 00:05:22,199 Yeah, I'll have a team ready to go in after the Capitol Police clear and lock it down. 78 00:05:22,473 --> 00:05:23,656 Copy me on any results. 79 00:05:23,983 --> 00:05:25,111 Homeland Security been alerted? 80 00:05:25,558 --> 00:05:26,415 And the FBI. 81 00:05:27,303 --> 00:05:31,268 But before they change the color level, I've convinced them that medicine can tell us the most. 82 00:05:31,653 --> 00:05:32,718 Our job's critical. 83 00:05:33,014 --> 00:05:34,941 Look, if you're here to take over our case, just take it. 84 00:05:35,573 --> 00:05:36,509 Why would you think that? 85 00:05:37,220 --> 00:05:38,267 I'm hearing hoof beats again. 86 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:40,876 Quite the contrary. 87 00:05:41,147 --> 00:05:43,924 I told the Secretary that I was bringing in my best team here. 88 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:45,950 Fair enough? 89 00:05:48,433 --> 00:05:50,595 Any idea what's making the patients sick? 90 00:05:51,138 --> 00:05:52,184 Natalie's at the hospital now. 91 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,736 We've eliminated the most obvious-- anthrax, smallpox, plague. 92 00:05:56,936 --> 00:05:58,176 Keep me in the loop as appropriate. 93 00:05:58,872 --> 00:06:01,909 Otherwise, you have carte blanche. It's your game to win. 94 00:06:05,310 --> 00:06:07,109 Am I imagining things, or was that a hand-off? 95 00:06:07,446 --> 00:06:09,341 Ewing doesn't do anything out of the kindness of her heart. 96 00:06:09,813 --> 00:06:12,516 The only reason she's letting us run's so she won't have to take the heat. 97 00:06:13,067 --> 00:06:14,052 Carte blanche, my ass. 98 00:06:18,083 --> 00:06:21,507 Well, I guess they don't cozy up and read The Merck Manual together. 99 00:06:22,243 --> 00:06:24,617 This goes way beyond professional sword fighting. 100 00:06:25,113 --> 00:06:26,098 It's very personal. 101 00:06:27,688 --> 00:06:28,418 Like? 102 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:29,720 I'm not going there. 103 00:06:37,784 --> 00:06:38,462 Natalie. 104 00:06:38,646 --> 00:06:39,302 Hey, guys. 105 00:06:40,093 --> 00:06:40,926 You know Dr. Connor. 106 00:06:41,118 --> 00:06:42,141 Yes, we've met. How are you? 107 00:06:42,494 --> 00:06:43,964 Mrs. Lawrence, Congressman. 108 00:06:45,276 --> 00:06:47,748 So what makes them think this thing might be intentional? 109 00:06:48,044 --> 00:06:50,220 Everyone who's sick works in your building. 110 00:06:51,515 --> 00:06:52,356 How many are sick? 111 00:06:53,210 --> 00:06:54,387 So far, three. 112 00:06:57,402 --> 00:07:00,257 Look, Mrs. Lawrence, you may be more comfortable waiting outside for a while. 113 00:07:01,241 --> 00:07:03,144 Come on, Donna, that's our cue. Let me get you a cup of coffee. 114 00:07:03,717 --> 00:07:04,376 Love you. 115 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:06,528 You're in good hands, Doug. 116 00:07:10,878 --> 00:07:11,782 So, how can I help? 117 00:07:12,997 --> 00:07:14,221 Tell me about the Rayburn Building. 118 00:07:15,261 --> 00:07:19,132 Have you seen any people who don't belong or smell anything unusual? 119 00:07:19,406 --> 00:07:20,380 Has the water tasted differently? 120 00:07:21,661 --> 00:07:26,514 I'm strictly a bottled water and diet soda guy, so... I haven't noticed anything. 121 00:07:27,427 --> 00:07:29,947 Can you think of anything you've been exposed to in recent weeks? 122 00:07:30,834 --> 00:07:33,641 Packages, foods, foreign animals, birds? 123 00:07:34,865 --> 00:07:37,920 Plenty of vultures in the U.S. Congress, but nothing I haven't seen before. 124 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:40,448 How's Jack Jacobs? 125 00:07:42,361 --> 00:07:43,840 He's got the same thing as me? 126 00:07:44,275 --> 00:07:44,960 He may. 127 00:07:45,510 --> 00:07:46,247 Ahh... 128 00:07:47,031 --> 00:07:50,886 You both work in the Rayburn Building, and you both got sick about the same time. 129 00:07:51,997 --> 00:07:56,429 Now I know you and Mr. Jacobs are at opposite ends of the political spectrum. 130 00:07:57,445 --> 00:08:01,123 I need you to think where your lives may have intersected. 131 00:08:02,452 --> 00:08:03,470 That could be anywhere. 132 00:08:04,771 --> 00:08:10,721 We went to college together, we rowed together... we joined the same fraternity... 133 00:08:11,833 --> 00:08:17,080 We even started our political careers on opposite sides of the debating team. 134 00:08:17,632 --> 00:08:19,808 ...golf, lunches, dinners... 135 00:08:20,952 --> 00:08:22,135 I thought you two were political enemies. 136 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:27,222 9:00 to 5:00 we do battle, but... after that we remain friends. 137 00:08:27,661 --> 00:08:29,933 I'm even his son's godfather. 138 00:08:30,838 --> 00:08:33,300 Jack is like a member of our family. 139 00:08:34,748 --> 00:08:35,971 What about Lieutenant Wingate? 140 00:08:36,971 --> 00:08:39,643 Can you think of any places where the three of you might have intersected? 141 00:08:39,915 --> 00:08:40,771 None that I can think of. 142 00:08:42,963 --> 00:08:43,762 How's he doing? 143 00:08:45,306 --> 00:08:48,945 Mr. Wingate is still unconscious and not responding to treatment. 144 00:08:52,191 --> 00:08:54,773 Lawrence and Jacobs have hundreds of potential commonalities. 145 00:08:55,887 --> 00:08:59,116 We should be able to narrow it down by seeing where Wingate triangulates with them. 146 00:08:59,305 --> 00:08:59,584 Yeah, right. 147 00:08:59,911 --> 00:09:02,318 All right, cross-reference everything these three men have in common. 148 00:09:02,470 --> 00:09:05,868 Shared foods, meetings, vehicles, habits, hobbies... anything else you can think of. 149 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:08,028 Let's hope Frank comes up with something on Capitol Hill. 150 00:09:09,292 --> 00:09:10,859 My gut says it's not the Rayburn Building. 151 00:09:11,395 --> 00:09:12,212 What makes you think so? 152 00:09:12,428 --> 00:09:15,051 We're still looking at some underground pipes and some air ducts upstairs. 153 00:09:15,587 --> 00:09:17,354 But right now, we've pretty much come up empty. 154 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,033 So no sign of anything that would imply a coordinated attack? 155 00:09:20,297 --> 00:09:22,545 Just your basic public building germ factory. 156 00:09:26,155 --> 00:09:26,857 Kate? 157 00:09:28,244 --> 00:09:29,371 Those are my samples. 158 00:09:29,655 --> 00:09:30,486 Yes. I know. 159 00:09:30,711 --> 00:09:32,111 You didn't get my preliminary report? 160 00:09:32,406 --> 00:09:33,583 I like to look myself. 161 00:09:34,405 --> 00:09:36,686 I don't see anything here that would indicate an attack. 162 00:09:40,958 --> 00:09:41,541 Yeah? 163 00:09:43,412 --> 00:09:44,005 What? 164 00:09:46,916 --> 00:09:47,779 I'll be right there, Miles. 165 00:09:48,844 --> 00:09:51,555 Another sick patient. Similar set of symptoms. 166 00:09:56,042 --> 00:09:59,201 You think it's possible that he and I will ever put our crap behind us? 167 00:10:02,873 --> 00:10:05,040 You're a smart man, Frank. No comment. 168 00:10:05,919 --> 00:10:07,496 That'd be my move, too. 169 00:10:11,494 --> 00:10:13,966 Someday somebody's gonna drop a house on that woman. 170 00:10:16,330 --> 00:10:17,217 Hey, what have you got? 171 00:10:17,621 --> 00:10:19,060 Kenneth McBride, 36. 172 00:10:19,213 --> 00:10:20,268 He collapsed in a restaurant. 173 00:10:20,404 --> 00:10:21,780 He's much further along than the others. 174 00:10:22,412 --> 00:10:23,843 Mr. McBride, I'm Dr. Connor. 175 00:10:23,889 --> 00:10:24,661 How are you feeling? 176 00:10:25,226 --> 00:10:25,939 Like I'm dying. 177 00:10:26,533 --> 00:10:27,450 All right, get him up to isolation. 178 00:10:27,938 --> 00:10:32,473 We're going to start you on fluids and antibiotics, but I need to know have you been to the Rayburn Building recently? 179 00:10:33,745 --> 00:10:35,256 I look like a Congressman to you? 180 00:10:35,465 --> 00:10:36,305 It's very important. 181 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,176 No, I've never been there. 182 00:10:42,272 --> 00:10:43,928 Either it's not in the building, or he's an outlier. 183 00:10:45,832 --> 00:10:46,572 A what? 184 00:10:46,728 --> 00:10:47,770 Someone who doesn't fit our pattern. 185 00:10:48,874 --> 00:10:49,738 What's wrong with me? 186 00:10:50,234 --> 00:10:53,218 That's what we have to find out so we need to test your home, your business... 187 00:10:53,414 --> 00:10:55,417 every place that you go for the source of this disease. 188 00:10:55,893 --> 00:10:56,710 You can't. 189 00:10:56,953 --> 00:10:58,144 Mr. McBride, you're very sick. 190 00:10:58,745 --> 00:10:59,745 I said no. 191 00:11:00,127 --> 00:11:04,063 You don't have permission to set one foot inside my house. You do and I'll sue. 192 00:11:06,575 --> 00:11:07,454 Touchy guy. 193 00:11:07,662 --> 00:11:10,197 Usually the case with someone who has something to hide. 194 00:11:11,174 --> 00:11:12,269 This could be terrorist-related. 195 00:11:24,171 --> 00:11:25,115 Clear! All clear! 196 00:11:28,258 --> 00:11:30,753 I'm getting a good idea why McBride didn't want us to search his place. 197 00:11:33,114 --> 00:11:33,857 Hey, Frank, look at this. 198 00:11:34,665 --> 00:11:37,152 If they're terrorists, they sure look a lot like call girls. 199 00:11:38,153 --> 00:11:41,792 McBride's no terrorist... he's Heidi Fleiss. 200 00:11:49,990 --> 00:11:51,341 Hey, look-- I got a PDA. 201 00:11:56,837 --> 00:11:58,221 Initials and numbers? 202 00:11:58,595 --> 00:12:01,483 The initials are the list of ladies he has in his stable. 203 00:12:02,178 --> 00:12:03,786 And the numbers are the price they charge. 204 00:12:04,099 --> 00:12:06,769 So a date with one of his women is 2,000 to 3,000 a night? 205 00:12:07,929 --> 00:12:09,665 And look who's paying those prices. 206 00:12:10,464 --> 00:12:11,537 I voted for that guy. 207 00:12:12,344 --> 00:12:14,344 This is a who's-who of Beltway insiders. 208 00:12:15,031 --> 00:12:16,768 Including Congressman Lawrence. 209 00:12:17,054 --> 00:12:20,702 There's Lawrence's name here... Lawrence again... he's always with the same girl. 210 00:12:21,487 --> 00:12:22,094 Nicoletta. 211 00:12:22,806 --> 00:12:26,846 And look-- Jack Jacobs and Lieutenant Wingate's names are in here, too... 212 00:12:28,437 --> 00:12:29,733 and they were all with Nicoletta. 213 00:12:30,261 --> 00:12:30,956 Forget terrorists. 214 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:33,675 We're looking for a "sexual Typhoid Mary". 215 00:12:40,785 --> 00:12:43,505 Oh, my God. Do you know who these men are? 216 00:12:44,456 --> 00:12:46,880 I know who one of them is-- husband of a good friend. 217 00:12:47,736 --> 00:12:50,311 If this thing is sexually transmitted, he may have given it to Donna. 218 00:12:50,751 --> 00:12:52,014 They have two kids, Stephen. 219 00:12:52,311 --> 00:12:55,054 Look, regardless of how he got sick, the Congressman is our patient. 220 00:12:55,246 --> 00:12:56,518 We still have to protect his privacy. 221 00:12:58,445 --> 00:13:02,068 Eva, contact all the men in the PDA who had contact with Nicoletta. 222 00:13:02,461 --> 00:13:05,700 They all have to be tested for STD exposure. So do their families. 223 00:13:06,173 --> 00:13:06,919 You know the protocol. 224 00:13:07,148 --> 00:13:09,755 Say only they've been exposed to a potentially dangerous disease. 225 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:12,354 Don't get specific. Protect their privacy. 226 00:13:12,666 --> 00:13:14,258 We'll print out a list of the names. I'll send them to your office. 227 00:13:15,265 --> 00:13:15,906 Sorry, Nat. 228 00:13:16,681 --> 00:13:18,305 Natalie, you'll conduct all the blood tests. 229 00:13:18,489 --> 00:13:20,441 If this is an STD, it's nothing that I recognize, 230 00:13:20,952 --> 00:13:23,728 which makes me worry that we're dealing with some kind of new strain of something. 231 00:13:26,330 --> 00:13:26,962 Nat? 232 00:13:28,102 --> 00:13:29,375 Blood. Yeah, I know. 233 00:13:30,012 --> 00:13:30,558 Hey. 234 00:13:31,729 --> 00:13:32,525 You okay? 235 00:13:33,286 --> 00:13:35,269 No. I-I'm far from okay. 236 00:13:37,187 --> 00:13:37,626 Natalie. 237 00:13:37,738 --> 00:13:38,435 Director. 238 00:13:41,931 --> 00:13:42,870 What was that about? 239 00:13:43,801 --> 00:13:45,129 Nat and Donna Lawrence are old friends. 240 00:13:46,808 --> 00:13:48,425 Well, maybe somebody else should take over for her. 241 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,136 Nat can do her job just fine. 242 00:13:50,544 --> 00:13:51,631 That's not the feeling that I got. 243 00:13:51,952 --> 00:13:53,807 Obviously you didn't come here to talk about my team. 244 00:13:55,255 --> 00:13:58,094 No, I came to talk about that PDA. 245 00:14:00,205 --> 00:14:01,037 So how did you hear about it? 246 00:14:01,205 --> 00:14:03,100 The real question is why didn't I hear about it from you? 247 00:14:03,340 --> 00:14:04,563 I was a little busy to write up a report. 248 00:14:04,805 --> 00:14:05,788 When were you going to find the time? 249 00:14:06,004 --> 00:14:07,780 You said I had carte blanche. I took you at your word. 250 00:14:07,955 --> 00:14:09,787 I also said that I wanted to be kept informed. 251 00:14:11,330 --> 00:14:12,170 What do you want, Kate? 252 00:14:12,347 --> 00:14:13,146 I want the PDA. 253 00:14:14,306 --> 00:14:18,738 A sexually transmitted disease is just as volatile politically as terrorism, if not more so. 254 00:14:19,977 --> 00:14:21,426 It has to be handled delicately. 255 00:14:21,731 --> 00:14:22,848 Look, I don't have that luxury. 256 00:14:23,353 --> 00:14:27,111 If this is what I think it is, a new strain of STD that kills within days, screw policy. 257 00:14:27,288 --> 00:14:29,278 I know how serious this is, Stephen-- I'm a doctor, too. 258 00:14:29,527 --> 00:14:30,847 Well, I need you to start acting like one. 259 00:14:31,087 --> 00:14:32,751 Wait, I'm going to pretend you didn't say that. 260 00:14:32,981 --> 00:14:33,807 Don't pretend for my sake. 261 00:14:35,526 --> 00:14:38,477 We need to keep this professional, Stephen, for everybody's sake. 262 00:14:39,350 --> 00:14:40,597 And that's my point exactly. 263 00:14:41,388 --> 00:14:42,429 I want the PDA. 264 00:14:42,739 --> 00:14:46,284 Medicine first, politics second. I can't do my job without these names. 265 00:14:46,523 --> 00:14:49,371 And I'll provide you with a list of each and every one, but I don't want this 266 00:14:49,417 --> 00:14:51,467 lying around your office where anyone can stumble across it. 267 00:14:52,683 --> 00:14:53,986 Who the hell are you protecting in here? 268 00:14:55,378 --> 00:14:59,231 Are you that naive? I'm protecting everybody. 269 00:15:00,312 --> 00:15:03,017 The names of some of the most powerful people in this town are in there. 270 00:15:03,184 --> 00:15:05,455 Some of whom provide funding for all of this. 271 00:15:06,238 --> 00:15:09,278 Why is it that everything that comes out of that mouth sounds like a press release? 272 00:15:09,446 --> 00:15:10,181 You stop this disease. 273 00:15:10,366 --> 00:15:12,604 I'll keep the names from leaking, and everybody wins. 274 00:15:13,470 --> 00:15:15,957 We'll have lots of people in Congress who owe us. 275 00:15:34,072 --> 00:15:37,319 He lost consciousness before I could ask him how to find Nicoletta. We had to intubate him. 276 00:15:37,918 --> 00:15:39,006 Well, we can't wait for him to wake up. 277 00:15:39,263 --> 00:15:40,159 If he wakes up at all. 278 00:15:40,543 --> 00:15:42,335 There weren't any contact numbers for his escorts anywhere? 279 00:15:42,629 --> 00:15:45,101 No. He's obviously careful to protect his stable. 280 00:15:46,605 --> 00:15:47,508 We have to ask somebody else. 281 00:15:48,019 --> 00:15:48,793 Any ideas? 282 00:15:49,165 --> 00:15:51,347 Yeah. One of her regulars. 283 00:15:54,451 --> 00:15:56,779 At least it wasn't an attack. That's good news. 284 00:15:57,443 --> 00:15:58,027 Yeah. 285 00:16:00,507 --> 00:16:02,242 Look, we need to talk about what made you sick. 286 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:05,696 I thought you hadn't determined that yet. 287 00:16:06,385 --> 00:16:13,095 We believe it's being spread through close physical contact, including sexual contact. 288 00:16:15,087 --> 00:16:16,215 What are you insinuating? 289 00:16:17,431 --> 00:16:18,678 I wish it were just an insinuation. 290 00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:21,422 We know about Nicoletta. 291 00:16:24,373 --> 00:16:26,468 Oh, good God. 292 00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:29,948 How is she involved? 293 00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:36,282 Well, you, your friend Congressman Jacobs and Lieutenant Wingate were all clients of Nicoletta's. 294 00:16:37,633 --> 00:16:38,985 You all got sick after being with her. 295 00:16:40,009 --> 00:16:46,736 Look, I can put you in touch with the man who arranged the meetings with Nicoletta. 296 00:16:47,504 --> 00:16:49,127 He's across the hall on a ventilator. 297 00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:50,646 Same disease that you have. 298 00:16:51,583 --> 00:16:56,622 We have to find her and identify the source of this infection, before this thing becomes an outbreak. 299 00:16:57,455 --> 00:16:59,365 We need an address, Congressman. 300 00:17:05,068 --> 00:17:05,795 Please open. 301 00:17:24,536 --> 00:17:25,959 Looks like someone warned her we were coming. 302 00:17:26,655 --> 00:17:28,606 McBride? He's unconscious. 303 00:17:29,718 --> 00:17:31,502 He was wide awake when we went to search his house. 304 00:17:32,941 --> 00:17:34,061 He could have called. 305 00:17:35,917 --> 00:17:37,101 All right, then, where the hell is she? 306 00:17:38,653 --> 00:17:40,084 That's another question for McBride. 307 00:17:41,940 --> 00:17:45,099 And if he can't talk... what are the odds of him regaining consciousness? 308 00:17:46,122 --> 00:17:46,923 Not very good. 309 00:17:53,305 --> 00:17:56,009 Eva's going to have to ask everyone on that list if they know where Nicoletta is. 310 00:17:56,496 --> 00:18:00,344 Stephen, if this disease is as bad as we think, there's another possibility. 311 00:18:00,952 --> 00:18:03,255 Yeah, she's sick and holed up somewhere. 312 00:18:03,735 --> 00:18:04,439 Or dead. 313 00:18:06,670 --> 00:18:08,342 You'll be tested in strict confidence. 314 00:18:09,894 --> 00:18:12,070 That's right. Your privacy's guaranteed. 315 00:18:13,981 --> 00:18:16,524 I'm sorry. I-I know this is awkward, sir. 316 00:18:17,715 --> 00:18:20,507 And you're sure this is the only address you have for Nicoletta? 317 00:18:22,227 --> 00:18:24,315 No, thank you. Thanks for your cooperation. 318 00:18:25,937 --> 00:18:26,522 Ms. Rossi? 319 00:18:26,674 --> 00:18:30,897 Director Ewing... this was a lot easier before I had to tell people what they were being tested for. 320 00:18:31,216 --> 00:18:32,664 Now that I have to ask about Nicoletta... 321 00:18:33,176 --> 00:18:34,088 So, any progress? 322 00:18:34,552 --> 00:18:35,824 Well, I'm making my way through the list. 323 00:18:35,985 --> 00:18:37,856 So far, nobody knows where Nicoletta is. 324 00:18:38,287 --> 00:18:39,767 Has anyone found numbers to his girls? 325 00:18:40,159 --> 00:18:44,398 No. Powell says some pimps never write down certain information. 326 00:18:44,518 --> 00:18:47,980 They keep it all in their heads. Anyway, the police are watching Nicoletta's condo. 327 00:18:48,285 --> 00:18:49,221 Any other leads? 328 00:18:49,596 --> 00:18:52,675 There's one name on the list that's giving me fits, a Michael Wilson. 329 00:18:52,868 --> 00:18:53,932 There are three dozen of them. 330 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:54,747 Director Ewing. 331 00:18:56,155 --> 00:18:56,874 You're avoiding my calls. 332 00:18:57,378 --> 00:18:58,228 Not at all. 333 00:18:58,395 --> 00:19:00,738 I've been a little tied up, Mark. You can understand. 334 00:19:01,114 --> 00:19:02,771 Sure. It's just a big story for all of us. 335 00:19:03,089 --> 00:19:07,792 Word is, your investigation has uncovered something you're trying to keep under wraps-- some say a sex scandal. 336 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:08,937 Any comment? 337 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,715 This town. I swear, everything becomes an opera. 338 00:19:12,884 --> 00:19:14,471 There's nothing to the rumor. Okay? 339 00:19:14,799 --> 00:19:17,047 We've also heard that Beltway insiders may be involved in this... 340 00:19:17,302 --> 00:19:18,750 When we know anything, you'll be the first call. 341 00:19:19,661 --> 00:19:20,502 I'll hold you to that. 342 00:19:25,198 --> 00:19:26,916 I ordered strict confidence, Ms. Rossi. 343 00:19:27,076 --> 00:19:27,989 I was discrete. 344 00:19:28,116 --> 00:19:29,604 Apparently not discrete enough. 345 00:19:29,732 --> 00:19:31,155 I followed protocol to the letter. 346 00:19:31,308 --> 00:19:32,658 Then how the hell did this happen? 347 00:19:36,658 --> 00:19:39,090 So this is just a precaution, right? We all feel fine. 348 00:19:39,802 --> 00:19:41,473 Once we determine what's making Doug sick, 349 00:19:42,032 --> 00:19:45,256 we'll be able to test your blood immediately to make sure that you haven't been exposed. 350 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:46,761 So I can stop worrying? 351 00:19:48,678 --> 00:19:50,575 Given how you're all feeling, I'd say you can relax. 352 00:19:52,448 --> 00:19:53,111 Nat... 353 00:19:55,501 --> 00:19:56,942 You're telling me everything, right? 354 00:19:57,997 --> 00:19:58,518 Of course. 355 00:20:00,156 --> 00:20:01,517 Doug isn't getting better. 356 00:20:03,012 --> 00:20:03,531 No. 357 00:20:04,893 --> 00:20:07,523 But we're working to find a treatment that will help him. Okay? 358 00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:10,771 Natalie. It's McBride. He's coding. 359 00:20:17,357 --> 00:20:17,889 What's up? 360 00:20:18,073 --> 00:20:18,845 McBride's coding. 361 00:20:19,001 --> 00:20:21,032 Don't lose him, Stephen. Nicoletta's place is clean. It's a dead end. 362 00:20:25,168 --> 00:20:26,424 Time of death, 2:07. 363 00:20:29,342 --> 00:20:31,414 I have never seen an STD kill this fast. 364 00:20:31,606 --> 00:20:32,390 How are the other patients? 365 00:20:32,630 --> 00:20:34,934 Sicker. We're nowhere on this disease. 366 00:20:35,517 --> 00:20:36,509 They're not responding to anything. 367 00:20:36,901 --> 00:20:38,765 Maybe McBride's autopsy will tell us something. 368 00:20:39,277 --> 00:20:40,381 We gotta find this woman. 369 00:20:40,796 --> 00:20:43,787 We're going to lose Lawrence and Jacobs and everyone else who gets exposed. 370 00:20:54,298 --> 00:20:55,129 I look forward to seeing you. 371 00:20:56,536 --> 00:20:57,889 Yes. Me, too, lover. 372 00:20:59,112 --> 00:21:00,232 Two whole hours? 373 00:21:02,526 --> 00:21:04,285 No, that doesn't get you a discount. 374 00:21:05,308 --> 00:21:06,502 It gets you twice the fun. 375 00:21:10,243 --> 00:21:12,460 So far, nobody knows where Nicoletta is. 376 00:21:12,858 --> 00:21:15,059 They all have the same address Congressman Lawrence gave us. 377 00:21:15,578 --> 00:21:16,538 It's like she disappeared. 378 00:21:16,730 --> 00:21:17,619 Any luck with Mike Wilson? 379 00:21:17,914 --> 00:21:19,458 30 down, six to go. 380 00:21:19,953 --> 00:21:21,698 Too bad we just can't issue a BOLO on these guys. 381 00:21:22,128 --> 00:21:24,568 Confidentiality. I gotta do this one at a time on tiptoes. 382 00:21:24,969 --> 00:21:29,007 Look, if you need to see them at their places of business, or knock on their front doors, just do it. 383 00:21:29,391 --> 00:21:30,951 What happened to keeping this under the radar? 384 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:32,342 Nobody said to call the Post, Eva. 385 00:21:32,535 --> 00:21:34,422 Well, Dr. Ewing already reamed me about the leak. 386 00:21:34,686 --> 00:21:35,742 Look, I'll take the heat for it. 387 00:21:35,934 --> 00:21:37,007 Just find Mike Wilson. 388 00:21:46,412 --> 00:21:47,355 I need to take some more blood. 389 00:21:50,283 --> 00:21:51,762 I don't feel any better, Natalie. 390 00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:57,345 I don't mind telling you... I'm scared. 391 00:22:00,007 --> 00:22:01,599 Well, it was all avoidable, Congressman. 392 00:22:05,271 --> 00:22:08,070 Someone else could've come and done this if you're uncomfortable. 393 00:22:09,366 --> 00:22:10,814 First of all, this is my job to do this. 394 00:22:10,965 --> 00:22:12,790 Second of all, I'm not the one who should feel uncomfortable. 395 00:22:17,220 --> 00:22:18,099 Look... 396 00:22:20,307 --> 00:22:21,980 I screwed up, okay? 397 00:22:28,378 --> 00:22:31,337 The only thing that matters is finding this thing and putting a stop to it. 398 00:22:34,224 --> 00:22:35,064 Right. 399 00:22:43,710 --> 00:22:44,501 Doug? 400 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:55,365 Your breathing sounds labored. 401 00:22:56,868 --> 00:22:59,691 It's my asthma. Time to time, it flares up. 402 00:23:00,083 --> 00:23:01,482 Especially when I'm under stress. 403 00:23:03,298 --> 00:23:04,586 Are you taking anything for it? 404 00:23:04,921 --> 00:23:05,802 I have an inhaler. 405 00:23:06,730 --> 00:23:07,570 Anything else? 406 00:23:09,275 --> 00:23:10,843 No. "Predni" something. 407 00:23:11,307 --> 00:23:11,738 Prednisone? 408 00:23:12,602 --> 00:23:13,434 Prednisone, right. 409 00:23:14,633 --> 00:23:15,498 But that's not on your chart. 410 00:23:18,250 --> 00:23:19,353 Does that mean something to you? 411 00:23:20,113 --> 00:23:20,745 It might. 412 00:23:22,767 --> 00:23:24,280 I'll have someone come check on your asthma. 413 00:23:31,350 --> 00:23:35,387 Natalie, I'm glad you're here. 414 00:23:38,473 --> 00:23:39,725 For me and for Donna. 415 00:23:46,346 --> 00:23:46,961 How is he? 416 00:23:48,082 --> 00:23:49,266 Still struggling. 417 00:23:49,497 --> 00:23:50,585 I need to get these to the lab. 418 00:23:51,313 --> 00:23:52,496 Nat, what's wrong? 419 00:23:52,807 --> 00:23:53,428 Nothing. 420 00:23:53,592 --> 00:23:54,609 Come on. It's me. 421 00:23:55,543 --> 00:23:57,128 If there's bad news about Doug, I want to hear it. 422 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:01,471 I've told you everything about your husband's condition that I can. 423 00:24:01,631 --> 00:24:02,326 "My husband"? 424 00:24:03,374 --> 00:24:04,607 Like he's some stranger. 425 00:24:05,430 --> 00:24:07,733 Don't get all doctory on me, Nat. Please, not now. 426 00:24:09,526 --> 00:24:10,392 I won't. 427 00:24:19,571 --> 00:24:20,202 Natalie. 428 00:24:21,235 --> 00:24:21,979 Director Ewing. 429 00:24:22,314 --> 00:24:25,338 Kate. Isn't it about time we were on a first-name basis? 430 00:24:27,624 --> 00:24:30,071 I had an unsettling experience this morning. 431 00:24:30,896 --> 00:24:34,192 A reporter said he'd heard we might be dealing with a sex scandal. 432 00:24:35,407 --> 00:24:36,287 Well, how did he find out? 433 00:24:37,406 --> 00:24:38,622 I thought you might have an idea. 434 00:24:42,157 --> 00:24:43,694 You're friends with Donna Lawrence. 435 00:24:45,388 --> 00:24:46,892 You think what? I told her? 436 00:24:47,229 --> 00:24:48,787 That thought had crossed my mind, yes. 437 00:24:50,964 --> 00:24:51,555 I didn't. 438 00:24:53,003 --> 00:24:56,299 And if I had, that reporter would have more than a rumor. 439 00:24:56,498 --> 00:24:57,658 He'd have a headline. 440 00:24:58,002 --> 00:25:02,169 Well, I think, all things considered, you should step back; let someone else handle your duties on this one. 441 00:25:03,417 --> 00:25:06,927 Well, before I step back, you might want to take a look at this. 442 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:07,615 What is it? 443 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,872 I found a commonality among all our patients. 444 00:25:10,207 --> 00:25:12,958 I think I know why only some of the call girl's customers are getting sick. 445 00:25:13,463 --> 00:25:13,975 Tell me. 446 00:25:15,605 --> 00:25:18,111 Lieutenant Wingate was undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer. 447 00:25:18,453 --> 00:25:20,909 Congressman Lawrence was taking Prednisone for asthma. 448 00:25:21,213 --> 00:25:22,916 McBride and Jacobs are both diabetic. 449 00:25:23,628 --> 00:25:25,388 They're all immuno-suppressed. 450 00:25:26,148 --> 00:25:28,140 We were asking the wrong questions... Kate. 451 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:35,803 Hi, this is Eva Rossi with the N.I.H. 452 00:25:36,043 --> 00:25:37,473 I'm looking for a Michael Wilson. 453 00:25:37,730 --> 00:25:38,361 Does he work there? 454 00:25:40,370 --> 00:25:41,081 He called in sick? 455 00:25:42,306 --> 00:25:42,761 When? 456 00:25:44,905 --> 00:25:45,960 Do you have a home number for him? 457 00:25:47,935 --> 00:25:48,424 Thank you. 458 00:25:50,327 --> 00:25:51,479 Still hunting your prey, huh? 459 00:25:52,079 --> 00:25:54,175 This guy's work said he hasn't been there in four days. 460 00:25:54,846 --> 00:25:57,813 If he doesn't call back soon, I'm gonna go to his place. You want to come? 461 00:25:58,589 --> 00:26:00,349 Yeah, yeah. Let me check first, see if I'm needed here. 462 00:26:00,830 --> 00:26:01,670 Is this a Ewing thing? 463 00:26:05,708 --> 00:26:07,195 All right, look, I'm coming, all right? 464 00:26:07,676 --> 00:26:09,459 Just let me know what time that bus leaves. 465 00:26:27,734 --> 00:26:28,366 Kate? 466 00:26:30,190 --> 00:26:30,757 What's going on? 467 00:26:32,141 --> 00:26:32,745 Nothing. 468 00:26:33,428 --> 00:26:34,180 Doesn't look like nothing. 469 00:26:36,452 --> 00:26:37,491 I was checking the blood results. 470 00:26:38,348 --> 00:26:39,263 By looking at our vials? 471 00:26:40,412 --> 00:26:41,563 You might want to try the written reports. 472 00:26:44,938 --> 00:26:45,682 Good night, Stephen. 473 00:26:45,922 --> 00:26:47,650 Wow, you really have found a home here, Kate. 474 00:26:48,593 --> 00:26:50,073 Cocktail parties with Senators... 475 00:26:50,169 --> 00:26:50,955 Oh, to hell with you. 476 00:26:51,841 --> 00:26:54,160 You're out saving the world and I'm shuffling papers. 477 00:26:54,455 --> 00:26:54,927 That was your choice. 478 00:26:55,816 --> 00:26:56,840 You were a good doctor once. 479 00:26:57,151 --> 00:27:01,535 What I do here is vital-- providing funding for this agency, supplying you with what you need. 480 00:27:02,151 --> 00:27:06,903 You gladly take what I provide, and then you have the gall to complain about the way I do it?! 481 00:27:08,350 --> 00:27:09,765 You still haven't said what you're doing in here. 482 00:27:10,980 --> 00:27:12,916 No, I haven't. 483 00:27:30,224 --> 00:27:33,729 Hey. It's Wilson. 484 00:27:34,936 --> 00:27:37,128 One of his neighbors was walking the dog, found the body this morning. 485 00:27:37,391 --> 00:27:38,245 Do they know what he died of? 486 00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:40,390 No, but he was clearly sick. 487 00:27:41,934 --> 00:27:42,886 It's Wilson's cell. 488 00:27:43,780 --> 00:27:45,125 Let's look in his phone book. 489 00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:48,733 Anything? 490 00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:49,988 No Nicoletta. 491 00:27:50,756 --> 00:27:52,149 He's got McBride's number in here. 492 00:27:52,994 --> 00:27:54,211 Check "frequently called numbers." 493 00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:59,218 A bunch of male names... somebody named Didi Lomax. 494 00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:05,881 Connor... we found a number Wilson dialed a lot. 495 00:28:06,177 --> 00:28:07,503 A woman named Didi Lomax. 496 00:28:07,824 --> 00:28:09,113 I talked to some of my boys in Vice. 497 00:28:09,295 --> 00:28:13,750 Didi Lomax is a known high-class call girl who sometimes takes spillover business from Nicoletta. 498 00:28:14,046 --> 00:28:15,430 Well, maybe Didi can lead us to Nicoletta. 499 00:28:15,507 --> 00:28:16,034 Yeah. 500 00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:17,197 Only Didi's hard to reach. 501 00:28:17,366 --> 00:28:18,205 She hasn't returned any of my calls. 502 00:28:19,262 --> 00:28:20,381 Maybe that's because you're a woman. 503 00:28:30,311 --> 00:28:30,971 Miss Lomax? 504 00:28:34,059 --> 00:28:34,793 You can call me Didi. 505 00:28:35,682 --> 00:28:36,713 Okay, Didi... 506 00:28:37,665 --> 00:28:40,465 So, you booked us a hotel room, I'm assuming. 507 00:28:41,656 --> 00:28:42,479 There's been a change of plans. 508 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:44,951 I'm Dr. Stephen Connor, National Institutes of Health. 509 00:28:45,878 --> 00:28:47,421 We're investigating a very serious health problem. 510 00:28:48,567 --> 00:28:50,669 I need to find a friend of yours-- Nicoletta. 511 00:28:51,726 --> 00:28:52,686 Don't have any friends by that name. 512 00:28:54,189 --> 00:28:55,900 Kenneth McBride, your stable boss, died today. 513 00:28:58,612 --> 00:28:59,237 My God. 514 00:29:02,075 --> 00:29:02,747 Of what? 515 00:29:03,794 --> 00:29:05,611 >From a disease we believe he got from Nicoletta. 516 00:29:06,897 --> 00:29:09,010 If we don't find her, more people are going to die. 517 00:29:09,618 --> 00:29:11,753 So, please, tell me where she is. 518 00:29:20,239 --> 00:29:21,056 Coming. 519 00:29:24,526 --> 00:29:25,694 My, aren't we impatient. 520 00:29:34,132 --> 00:29:36,187 I don't believe we have an appointment, gentlemen. 521 00:29:36,587 --> 00:29:37,803 We do now. 522 00:29:39,554 --> 00:29:40,803 Did you sleep with Kenneth McBride? 523 00:29:41,434 --> 00:29:44,114 Yeah. He liked to take advantage of his position. 524 00:29:46,041 --> 00:29:46,753 What's the big deal? 525 00:29:49,001 --> 00:29:50,376 You slept with everyone who got sick. 526 00:29:51,816 --> 00:29:53,240 There's a good chance you're spreading it. 527 00:29:53,848 --> 00:29:54,992 I get tested every month. 528 00:29:56,542 --> 00:29:57,927 It's a disease we haven't seen before. 529 00:29:59,166 --> 00:30:00,414 We think it's a new STD. 530 00:30:01,487 --> 00:30:02,158 Oh, my God. 531 00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:06,549 You think I have this? I mean, everyone dies? 532 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:08,132 We don't know yet. 533 00:30:09,572 --> 00:30:11,276 But Wilson's dead and McBride's dead. 534 00:30:11,652 --> 00:30:13,843 I slept with them... I'm next? 535 00:30:14,123 --> 00:30:15,323 Nicoletta, take it easy. 536 00:30:17,002 --> 00:30:18,049 Okay. Look, I'm not sick. 537 00:30:18,531 --> 00:30:19,937 So, that's got to be good, right? 538 00:30:20,274 --> 00:30:21,145 You could be a carrier. 539 00:30:21,338 --> 00:30:22,697 Or you just haven't gotten sick yet. 540 00:30:24,433 --> 00:30:25,600 This can't be happening. 541 00:30:36,055 --> 00:30:37,542 I got the results from Nicoletta's blood work back. 542 00:30:37,722 --> 00:30:38,398 And? 543 00:30:38,868 --> 00:30:39,540 Negative. 544 00:30:39,782 --> 00:30:41,965 No STDs. No sign of infection at all. 545 00:30:42,492 --> 00:30:43,805 So she's not our Typhoid Mary. 546 00:30:44,451 --> 00:30:46,579 Well, at least we're not looking at some super AIDS virus. 547 00:30:47,149 --> 00:30:49,219 But we're still dealing with a disease that kills quickly. 548 00:30:51,643 --> 00:30:52,755 And we still don't know the source. 549 00:30:57,010 --> 00:30:59,785 So If Nicoletta's clean, what's the commonality between our patients? 550 00:31:00,034 --> 00:31:01,513 You mean besides weakened immune systems? 551 00:31:01,713 --> 00:31:02,080 Yeah. 552 00:31:02,544 --> 00:31:04,288 All right, look, they were all her clients, right? 553 00:31:05,104 --> 00:31:06,512 And we know McBride slept with her, too. 554 00:31:06,671 --> 00:31:07,959 So the sexual connection still holds. 555 00:31:08,519 --> 00:31:09,007 Wait a second. 556 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,126 Is this the whole list? 557 00:31:10,391 --> 00:31:11,408 Yeah. Why? 558 00:31:12,166 --> 00:31:12,951 Maybe nothing. 559 00:31:14,037 --> 00:31:15,382 Eva talked to everyone on this, right? 560 00:31:15,630 --> 00:31:16,309 Every one. 561 00:31:16,509 --> 00:31:17,278 None very happy. 562 00:31:17,597 --> 00:31:18,614 These times here... 563 00:31:18,965 --> 00:31:20,341 When they had their appointments with Nicoletta. 564 00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:23,404 Yeah. All our sick people met in the late afternoon. 565 00:31:23,588 --> 00:31:24,667 On their way home to their wives. 566 00:31:25,652 --> 00:31:28,691 Look, if Nicoletta wasn't making them sick, it had to be something in that environment. 567 00:31:28,819 --> 00:31:30,187 I went over every inch of her apartment. 568 00:31:30,339 --> 00:31:30,865 There's nothing there. 569 00:31:31,107 --> 00:31:32,217 All right, let's go over it again. 570 00:31:32,355 --> 00:31:33,354 This time in the late afternoon. 571 00:31:33,842 --> 00:31:36,633 Stephen, I just got a call from a friend at the Department of Health. 572 00:31:37,097 --> 00:31:38,640 The Secretary's pulling us off the case. 573 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:40,160 He's pulling N.I.H.? 574 00:31:40,312 --> 00:31:42,136 No, us-- this team. 575 00:31:47,439 --> 00:31:48,567 Dr. Stephen Connor for Kate Ewing. 576 00:31:49,046 --> 00:31:49,790 She's not in right now. 577 00:31:50,949 --> 00:31:51,382 Never mind. 578 00:31:52,045 --> 00:31:54,190 Stephen, I need the Jacobs file. His family is... 579 00:31:54,333 --> 00:31:55,358 You pulled us off this case. 580 00:31:56,125 --> 00:31:56,845 What? 581 00:32:00,092 --> 00:32:00,618 No. 582 00:32:00,956 --> 00:32:04,954 I catch you doing God knows what in our lab the other night, you stumble across some little secret, 583 00:32:05,179 --> 00:32:06,890 you get me axed and wreck my credibility. 584 00:32:07,058 --> 00:32:09,281 I was doing N.I.H. business in that lab. 585 00:32:09,882 --> 00:32:12,849 Okay, I looked through that PDA before I turned it over to you. 586 00:32:14,689 --> 00:32:15,401 So? 587 00:32:15,689 --> 00:32:17,168 I saw the list you gave Eva. 588 00:32:17,696 --> 00:32:19,736 There's a name missing-- a prominent one. 589 00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:25,558 All right, you saw the name. 590 00:32:26,039 --> 00:32:29,845 So what were you trying to do-- steal his blood results so he wouldn't be part of my investigation? 591 00:32:30,006 --> 00:32:30,949 You're way off base. 592 00:32:31,109 --> 00:32:32,429 You're protecting him. Why? 593 00:32:32,597 --> 00:32:33,709 Watch your tone, Doctor. 594 00:32:33,988 --> 00:32:37,260 Okay, I'm going to find the source of this disease, and if you think you can pull me off this... 595 00:32:37,363 --> 00:32:38,644 I fought to keep you on it. 596 00:32:39,275 --> 00:32:41,730 The Secretary ordered your removal, I refused. 597 00:32:42,234 --> 00:32:43,737 He wasn't happy with your lack of progress. 598 00:32:43,882 --> 00:32:44,832 I could have let him bury you, but I didn't. 599 00:32:51,481 --> 00:32:53,672 Why not? That's not like you. 600 00:32:57,159 --> 00:32:59,463 As I said before, your team's the best. 601 00:33:02,029 --> 00:33:03,191 So we're still on the case. 602 00:33:04,621 --> 00:33:06,646 Yeah, but don't prove me wrong. 603 00:33:07,021 --> 00:33:09,909 You're down to your last strike. We both are on this one. 604 00:33:16,970 --> 00:33:18,258 We must have missed something here. 605 00:33:18,569 --> 00:33:21,209 Look, we can go through it again, top to bottom-- if that's what you want to do, 606 00:33:21,490 --> 00:33:22,760 but I didn't miss anything the first time. 607 00:33:23,057 --> 00:33:24,777 Frank, test it again-- all of it. 608 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,592 Look, if Ewing chews on you, that's no reason to chew on me. 609 00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:28,999 Let's just do it right, okay? 610 00:33:29,999 --> 00:33:33,102 If you think my testing is an issue, maybe you should find another tox guy. 611 00:33:33,799 --> 00:33:36,022 Let's just step back and concentrate on what happened here. 612 00:33:36,990 --> 00:33:37,878 Say you're a john. 613 00:33:42,891 --> 00:33:44,356 One of Nicoletta's customers. 614 00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:47,210 You come inside. 615 00:33:50,802 --> 00:33:52,177 Nicoletta greets you at the door. 616 00:33:58,585 --> 00:33:59,625 You go up to the bedroom. 617 00:34:02,239 --> 00:34:02,888 Let's go. 618 00:34:20,948 --> 00:34:22,315 Nothing we didn't already know. 619 00:34:23,452 --> 00:34:24,939 And none of which explains the illness. 620 00:34:26,043 --> 00:34:27,641 We already know it's not sexually transmitted. 621 00:34:38,168 --> 00:34:39,727 Sprinklers. Did you test them? 622 00:34:40,408 --> 00:34:41,431 No. Not specifically. 623 00:34:41,983 --> 00:34:44,063 I tested the water in the apartment. It's clean. 624 00:34:46,139 --> 00:34:46,959 What are you thinking? 625 00:34:48,333 --> 00:34:50,773 That the sprinklers weren't on when you tested in the morning. 626 00:34:50,942 --> 00:34:52,133 No, they weren't. 627 00:35:01,218 --> 00:35:05,305 An above-the-ground storage tank. So this system runs independently from the others. 628 00:35:05,738 --> 00:35:06,356 Right. 629 00:35:06,746 --> 00:35:07,793 The sidewalks are dry. 630 00:35:08,145 --> 00:35:09,521 So the water's draining into the tank. 631 00:35:10,057 --> 00:35:14,439 If the tank wasn't disinfected properly it would be the perfect place for an infectious agent to grow. 632 00:35:16,759 --> 00:35:18,168 Then the sprinklers aerosolized it. 633 00:35:19,470 --> 00:35:22,279 And the men would have walked right through it on their way up to Nicoletta's apartment. 634 00:35:23,766 --> 00:35:25,614 At this time of day, they would have all been exposed. 635 00:35:26,925 --> 00:35:29,317 Could have been an atypical mycobacteria or aspergillus. 636 00:35:30,268 --> 00:35:32,636 The sprinkler system. How did I miss that? 637 00:35:37,580 --> 00:35:38,183 Well? 638 00:35:39,043 --> 00:35:39,747 It's a boy. 639 00:35:40,330 --> 00:35:40,739 Excuse me? 640 00:35:41,411 --> 00:35:42,225 You've found the source. 641 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,345 The recycled sprinkler water is contaminated with legionella bacteria. 642 00:35:46,081 --> 00:35:49,503 Next time my kids play under the sprinklers, I'm going to have to test that water first. 643 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:54,503 All the patients tested positive for Legionnaire's Disease, and I found it in McBride's lungs when I did the autopsy. 644 00:35:56,374 --> 00:35:56,798 Hey. 645 00:35:57,071 --> 00:35:58,111 Hey. How are our patients doing? 646 00:35:58,535 --> 00:36:01,166 I started them on azithromycin. Their fevers are coming down already. 647 00:36:01,438 --> 00:36:02,854 Good. That should wipe out the Legionnaire's. 648 00:36:03,070 --> 00:36:03,774 Lucky men. 649 00:36:07,037 --> 00:36:07,485 Vitals are good. 650 00:36:08,804 --> 00:36:09,972 Looks like you'll be fine, Congressman. 651 00:36:11,307 --> 00:36:12,084 How's Jack Jacobs? 652 00:36:12,715 --> 00:36:13,523 Him, too. 653 00:36:14,842 --> 00:36:15,434 Thank God. 654 00:36:20,961 --> 00:36:23,538 And, um... Nicoletta? 655 00:36:24,176 --> 00:36:24,928 Was never sick. 656 00:36:27,471 --> 00:36:29,886 The source of the contamination was the sprinkler water at her condo. 657 00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:31,711 Oh, my God. 658 00:36:32,167 --> 00:36:36,845 Your asthma medication weakened your immune system, making you very susceptible to the bacteria. 659 00:36:38,166 --> 00:36:40,078 Doesn't make me any less guilty for what I did. 660 00:36:41,741 --> 00:36:45,835 Look, Congressman, that's something you might want to discuss with your wife... not me. 661 00:36:48,836 --> 00:36:49,860 I already have. 662 00:37:03,084 --> 00:37:03,739 Donna. 663 00:37:10,671 --> 00:37:12,622 You knew the whole time. 664 00:37:14,612 --> 00:37:15,652 Yes, I did. 665 00:37:16,131 --> 00:37:17,917 And Doug told you to keep this from me? 666 00:37:18,117 --> 00:37:21,419 No. I was bound not to tell... ethically. 667 00:37:21,707 --> 00:37:22,803 Ethics in this town. 668 00:37:24,298 --> 00:37:25,122 I'm sorry. 669 00:37:26,250 --> 00:37:28,298 I'm a doctor. I have obligations. 670 00:37:28,474 --> 00:37:30,097 What about your obligations to me? 671 00:37:31,937 --> 00:37:35,104 If it matters to you, this was the hardest thing that I have ever had to do. 672 00:37:35,264 --> 00:37:39,328 And whatever you're feeling, I don't blame you. If it were me, I would be livid. 673 00:37:44,544 --> 00:37:48,022 So... there it is. 674 00:37:49,685 --> 00:37:50,941 I can't change what happened. 675 00:37:52,892 --> 00:37:55,204 I can't even tell you that I would do anything differently. 676 00:37:59,420 --> 00:38:00,237 I'm so sorry. 677 00:38:06,194 --> 00:38:10,890 Donna... are we going to be okay? 678 00:38:13,569 --> 00:38:14,672 Not today. 679 00:38:33,823 --> 00:38:34,402 Kate. 680 00:38:36,311 --> 00:38:36,910 Stephen. 681 00:38:41,708 --> 00:38:42,733 The final report on the outbreak. 682 00:38:50,363 --> 00:38:51,218 It's, uh... 683 00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:55,065 it's not in there. 684 00:38:58,544 --> 00:38:59,689 The results to your blood test. 685 00:39:02,608 --> 00:39:03,544 How did you know? 686 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,895 There was one blood test ordered that wasn't accounted for. 687 00:39:08,022 --> 00:39:11,606 Must have been what you were doing in the lab that night-- testing your blood. 688 00:39:12,782 --> 00:39:15,492 And you removed my blood results from the report. 689 00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:20,740 So no one will know who you were sleeping with. 690 00:39:22,428 --> 00:39:27,842 I'm taking medication for psoriasis. I could be immuno-suppressed. Contracted the disease. 691 00:39:30,258 --> 00:39:31,569 Nothing ever changes, does it, Kate? 692 00:39:34,889 --> 00:39:36,241 You must be enjoying this. 693 00:39:37,088 --> 00:39:37,971 No, not really. 694 00:39:39,816 --> 00:39:41,399 So, um, you going to keep my results? 695 00:39:48,479 --> 00:39:49,350 It's your secret. 696 00:39:52,629 --> 00:39:53,269 Why? 697 00:39:54,868 --> 00:39:57,748 You could ruin me. I'd be replaced, off your back. 698 00:40:00,356 --> 00:40:03,795 You never really understood me, did you, Kate? 699 00:40:07,650 --> 00:40:13,224 Look, if your personal life had anything to do with this case, I would have included it. 700 00:40:14,113 --> 00:40:15,528 Yeah, I know you would. 701 00:40:16,816 --> 00:40:22,246 Always upsetting the apple cart. No diplomatic sense. A complete loose cannon. 702 00:40:22,362 --> 00:40:22,987 Kate? 703 00:40:23,123 --> 00:40:23,778 Yeah. 704 00:40:25,749 --> 00:40:26,785 Thanks for backing me. 705 00:40:29,252 --> 00:40:30,764 In the end, we want the same thing. 706 00:40:32,252 --> 00:40:34,068 I still think you're a royal pain in the ass. 707 00:40:35,388 --> 00:40:37,331 You took the words right out of my mouth. 708 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:44,592 I'm grateful to be here to speak to you today. 709 00:40:46,328 --> 00:40:48,175 I'm also grateful that, as a Congressman, 710 00:40:49,088 --> 00:40:53,806 I have a health plan that allowed me to get the best medical care this country could provide. 711 00:40:54,926 --> 00:40:57,751 But isn't that something that should be available not just for me, 712 00:40:58,685 --> 00:41:01,829 but for all the voters who put me in office to advocate for them? 713 00:41:03,373 --> 00:41:06,996 Politicians in Washington talk a lot about family values. 714 00:41:08,451 --> 00:41:09,867 As a family man myself... 715 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:14,737 I know what it takes to keep a family together. 716 00:41:16,297 --> 00:41:23,064 It takes hard work and dedication and commitment. 717 00:41:25,625 --> 00:41:27,751 With all the pressures the average person faces, 718 00:41:28,215 --> 00:41:34,478 he or she doesn't need the crushing weight of paying exorbitant health care costs on top of everything else. 719 00:41:35,837 --> 00:41:42,444 Health care should be something that we all have, without questions asked. 720 00:41:43,788 --> 00:41:46,819 That burden should be shouldered by all of us. 721 00:41:47,930 --> 00:41:49,747 Transcript: Raceman - Synchro: jh26