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Previously on Doc.

Amy, me and Rachel are back together.

You said you were never coming back to her. I'm pregnant. He almost seems

detached from the situation.

I had a memory of the night Daddy died.

This is exactly what I was worried about. You're just going to have to deal

with that. I'm headed to New York tomorrow to check in on my clinical

trial. I heard it's being transferred here.

I'm Graham. Your parents gave, what, 20 mil to the hospital?

I have a family commitment this afternoon.

You have an hour. Two and a half hours, you'll stay late and finish the handoff

list. Yeah, I really wish I could.

Somebody help her!

Hey.

So, uh...

Blueberry, cinnamon, and banana muffins. Just in case your cravings kicked in.

And you just left them at my door?

Was that a hit and run?

I didn't want to wake you. And I figured you might still be pissed at me for

disappearing the other morning.

Oh, uh... I am sorry.

Wasn't my best moment.

Yeah.

I get it.

I kind of wanted to tell you something.

Okay.

It's just that... I love you.

Don't say that because you think you have to. I wouldn't.

And you don't have to say it back if you're not ready.

Well, I appreciate that, but... I love you,

too.

That definitely makes things easier.

Yeah.

go to school i want to go to baltimore mommy's in baltimore i know i know

sweetie but mommy's not gonna be gone for long okay it's just nanan's been

feeling a little sickly you remember that thing with her breathing okay well

mommy wants to see nanan same way you want to see mommy is she gonna die like

grandpa no sweetie she's not gonna die it's just sometimes when people get

older they have problems with their health but that's what hospitals and

doctors are for okay

Yeah, me too, kiddo. All right, say shalom.

Shalom means hello.

Yes, but it also means goodbye and means peace. So whenever we greet someone or

we leave them, we're automatically wishing them good things.

Shalom, Ben.

Shalom. All right, you have a good day, okay?

Okay.

Morning.

Morning. Am I getting your intern evaluations later today?

I think probably EOD tomorrow.

No, because Sonia emailed hers this morning. Yeah, we divided them up, and

we are staggering them. Anything I need to know?

What do you mean?

I'm sure some are standing out, maybe others not.

Still early days, but if you could give us some space to do our work, that would

be great.

No way. You're such a liar. Swear to God, they were talking to us from the

dugout. We were practically in the dugout. Dr. Barker, good night at the

ballpark? Yeah, yeah, it was amazing.

Glad you enjoyed yourself. Let's do me a talk over here.

Nikki, Caleb, you two, IMO. Dr. Maitre will be there in a minute to give you

your rounding assignments.

Yeah.

Somebody's not happy.

You're off regular rotation today.

What? Have a look at your assignments. Let me know if you have any questions.

You're putting me on scut work.

Why do you think that's an appropriate consequence for your behavior yesterday?

I'm guessing because you think I was insubordinate.

Yes, you were, but no, that's not it.

It...

I understand you lost a son.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

You had everyone else do your work yesterday, so you are going to return

the favor today. That's the answer.

Hop to it.

You having memory seizures again?

Intense memories, and yet sharp shooting pain in my forehead.

And how long has this been going on? I had a few yesterday, and then again this

morning. Okay. What did you remember?

Danny. And some woman talking to me about losing his son.

Has he been on your mind more than usual?

My brain just does what it wants, and I am hostage to it. So can you talk to Dr.

Sherl about me taking these?

Sinovumate? That's for focal seizures. Yeah, but my activity's in the temporal

lobe, and these have minimal side effects, so why not give it a shot?

You know she'll never put me on phenobarb and let me work again.

12.5 milligrams is fine, and I suppose she'll be encouraged you're not sweeping

this under the rug. Exactly. And I want a DTI scan.

They do those at Roosevelt, right? I need to figure out what is going on.

I'll arrange it, but someone will need to tell Michael. I really don't need the

third degree from him today.

I'll handle it.

And you go ahead and start on these.

Thank you, Mama Baker.

Yeah, yeah, Camila said she could stay as late as we need her to.

Hey.

Hey, listen, your mother, she's strong, okay? She's gonna get through this, all

right?

Yeah, I love you, too. Bye.

I'm sorry. Rachel's mom, she took a turn. She's in Baltimore, so I got me on

my own for a bit.

No need to apologize.

If you need to deal with that... No, no, no.

All settled.

Uh, Dr. Matrius said I'm with you today?

Yes, you are.

Let's go.

Hi, Sophia.

I'm Dr. Larson. This is Dr. Ferguson.

Dr. Heller, cardiology.

Look, I'm feeling better already.

Honestly, I think I was just dehydrated. Okay, well, let's hope that's all it is.

Dr. Ferguson?

EKG looks normal. ER ordered CBC electrolytes and tox screen.

And no family listed here. Parents, siblings, anyone we can contact?

I live with my boyfriend, but I don't want to bother him right now.

I see.

We would like to start with an abdominal examination.

Sure.

Sorry, what's the pain level there? One to ten?

Maybe a four.

Okay.

Seems more like a six or a seven. Yeah, maybe.

Where did you get that scar?

I had appendicitis.

How long ago?

I was nine.

That must be quite a story. Actually, it wasn't too bad. They caught it early and

I got to eat ice cream for like a week.

Sofia. Uncle Carlos.

Thank God you're okay.

Hi, Carlos Garcia.

Dr. Heller.

How long until Sofia can be moved?

Moved where?

You didn't tell them we want to see Dr. Irving at St. Mary's? I didn't have a

chance yet. Okay, well, we're going to need to run a few more tests before you

can be moved. How long?

A few hours, at least.

Can I have a word alone with my niece?

I can't wait. If you wouldn't mind, just five minutes.

Thank you.

Now what you see here is only a taste of what's to come for Westside's 10-year

plan. Max.

Dr. Larson. A dedicated cosmetic surgery wing. Did someone forget to tell me that

it's April Fool's Day? If you have any thoughts on the allocation of donated

funds... Oh, I have thoughts.

Nita Barker's welcome to throw her money around, but it is your job to tell her

where it's needed. And it is not for double D's and tummy tucks. That's an

interesting point of view. Perhaps you'd like to discuss it with Mrs. Barker.

I stand by what I said.

So you don't think that was an appendectomy scar?

Did you see the location?

Too high in the abdomen and the scar was too wide and long, right?

And if she'd really been nine years old and there were no complications, it

would have healed better. Why would she be lying to us?

Patient's high all the time.

For a variety of reasons.

Usually it's shame over what they think they've done to put themselves here. Or

denial that they're really sick. It's our job to figure out which and to get

them to trust us. In this case, I don't think Sophia is going to say anything in

front of Uncle Carlos.

She seemed kind of nervous when he walked into the room.

And when I asked her about family, she didn't mention him. And she didn't want

us to call her boyfriend, which was strange.

I'm not even sure there is a boyfriend.

So what do you think this is?

Sex trafficking or something like that?

It's possible.

That episode at the train tracks, that could be drug-induced or it could have

been a suicide attempt.

Amy.

I'm sorry.

You were her.

Yes. I've heard a lot about you.

Thank you so much for letting Graham attend my benefit yesterday.

I'm sorry he got back so much later than anticipated.

I told him it would be better if we had more warning next time. I know, I know.

It's... Wow.

It's just so strange. You and I...

Used to know each other quite well before your accident.

Graham said something about that, and I looked back at my emails and saw that we

did something together around women's health. Well, we tried.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

We're done talking if you want to finish your examination.

I'll let you go. I'm just here for that donor lunch.

Thought I'd pop down and see Graham. He should be in the internal medicine

office. Great.

Thanks.

We'll get her alone in radiology when we do the CT scan.

Hey there.

You here for the donor thing?

I thought I'd say a quick hello. See how you're doing.

Arson's drowning me in paperwork.

Clearly the best use of my time. Is this punishment for yesterday?

You got it. I thought she'd changed since her accident.

Well, she's Mary Poppins with everyone else. She just has a sweet spot for me.

Did you antagonize her?

Not even a little bit.

I heard she's getting some of her memories back.

Don't tell me there was something between you two that I need to worry

about. No, I'm just curious.

But I did run into her in the hallway. She couldn't have picked me out of a

lineup. Well, don't reach out to the board, okay? Don't do anything, all

right? I'm already the nepo boy here, so just leave it alone.

I only meddle when your father asks me to. If you want to be your own man, try

talking to him.

So, it sounds like your trip to New York was quite fruitful.

It was. It was. And I'll be bringing in some of my New York people.

including Sasha.

Oh, well, she's excellent.

And what do you need from us in terms of resources?

A couple hands on deck from cardiology, likely one or two people from internal

medicine to help with pre- and post-op. Didn't Dr.

Larson consult with you on this a few years ago?

She did, but obviously she wouldn't remember that. And I'd be concerned she

has her hands before managing the interns.

Oh, this is one of my donors who's flying in for the luncheon today. Of

course. Go ahead.

Holly, would you let Max's office know that Nina Barker is here and that we

should grab some... Tom, how was your flight?

I'm sorry to be the one to break this to you.

Don't, don't, don't tell me you're pulling the funding. You know the group.

They like to be connected to the work. We discussed this and you said that

moving the trial would not affect anyone's enthusiasm.

And that's what I thought. But Kirkpatrick heard another pitch Tuesday

and decided to divert the funds.

Um, okay, so I'm sorry about that and we'll talk tomorrow.

All okay?

Yeah, Tom Wilton's having some family issues, so he can't make it today.

Oh, that's a shame.

Yeah.

Hey, the surgery I was prepping this morning fell off the board. I've been

reshuffling the whole day.

One of my donors just dropped out. Oh, man.

Anything I can do? Yes. You got three million bucks.

Isn't there some big donor lunch coming up this week? Today, actually.

I'm supposed to be making an appearance, but now I'll be walking in with my

handout. Nina Barker gonna be there? Of course.

Come in.

How do you know her?

Same family as one of the new interns.

She's his stepmom.

From what I hear, the guy's a piece of work. And Amy put him in the doghouse

this morning.

She put the nipple boy in the doghouse. I thought she was going with kinder and

gentler this time around. Guess she's making an exception for this guy. Maybe

you can trade favors there. I don't think Amy would appreciate us mucking

around in her sandbox.

Besides, Nina already pledged two mil. Kind of tough to double dip there.

What about this Harsha Matra, as in Sonia Matra?

Her father. Is hospital only higher royalty?

Sonia never took any help from her family. Actually, her dad tried to give

a big gift to Westside last year, and she squashed it. Then what's he doing

here today?

It's complicated between them, but they've mended some of the fence posts.

She's the doctor you're seeing?

I can talk to her.

See if we can get the inside track on her dad.

Good relationship with him? To be honest, I never met him. Well, well, I'm

not going to put you in that position, so why don't you go on a scrubbing with

Dr. Ford? Sure.

What do you see, Kyle?

Your small bowel is almost completely obstructed. Could those be adhesions?

Darren, can you zoom in, please?

Focus on the small bowel.

There's a capsule in there. The tissue doesn't look fibrotic. Not encapsulated

tissue, a plastic capsule.

What does that mean?

Body packer syndrome.

What is that?

It means she's a drug mule. The capsules carry the drugs, and there's one stuck

inside her. But we need to know what drugs were in there, right?

And when it happened, it could have been in there for years.

It's got to be you alone.

Let's make sure Uncle Carlos doesn't leave the hospital and get police

standing by in the lobby.

100%. Call surgery. Tell them to prep for an emergency exit.

Darren, can you give us a moment?

There you go.

You found something?

Well, your intestines have gotten so blocked up that when you eat something

or even just drink water, your body rejects it. So that's what caused the

dehydration, which led to the delirium that you had on the train tracks.

Okay.

How do we fix that? Well, you have a plastic capsule stuck in your abdomen.

That's what's causing the blockage? Plus internal damage from a botched surgery.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Sophia, I think you do. Someone who wasn't a professional operated on you

and they left that capsule in there. No.

Maybe I swallowed a pill or something never got digested. Can't you just get

it out? It's not a pill. That capsule's half the size of my fist.

And if it had drugs in it? It didn't. I swear, that scar is not from an

appendectomy. That man out there is not your uncle.

Is he hurting you or making you do things against your will? No, it's

nothing like that. I know how scared you must be to tell us, but if that capsule

has drugs in it and it bursts, it could kill you.

You are a ticking time bomb.

Now, if he's hurting you or threatening you, we have programs we can help. No,

it's not that. Then what is it? Anything you tell me is confidential.

I haven't talked about this with anyone in so long.

I have worked with many women who have been through terrible things. You can

trust me.

It was filled with cocaine.

From how long ago?

12 years.

So you were just 19?

It started when I was 16.

Gangs? My boyfriend.

He was in Los Soldados Fronterizos, the border soldiers.

He said the capsules were safer than the baggies or the condoms. So me and one of

the other girls, we went to the border like usual, and when I got back, I

started getting really sick.

One of the capsules burst.

Yeah.

So my boyfriend takes me to some garage to this guy he says was a doctor.

They gave me a shot, and I woke up a few hours later with stitches.

That's what caused the scar.

After that, I told them I was done with all of it. And he said, sure, you can

get out as long as you're willing to eat a bullet.

So I kept doing it.

The DEA caught me and some of the other girls in a bus stop in El Paso.

They said they needed someone to talk, that they could protect me, so I

flipped.

Got myself a new life.

My real name is Monica Fuentes.

I know the views are going through the roof, but while I'm... I'm going to call

you back.

She told us everything.

Okay, her past, her real name, but I want to see a badge so I can confirm.

U.S. Marshals working in witness protection don't show their badges in

public, Dr. Howler. I'm sure you can understand that. And I'm sure you can

understand that. We feel like we should have been told. I wasn't authorized to

reveal her identity, and I was hoping to get her moved before that was necessary.

Listen, Kat's out of the bag. Can we all just get on the same page here?

That's a video of her on the train tracks.

It's gone viral and everyone can see her face. Her cover is blown.

So she's not safe here.

If they find her, they'll kill her.

I won't take up too much of your time. I just want to clear the air.

Sure.

You know, I was married once before.

My husband and I, we had a daughter.

And then there was a boating accident.

I lost them both.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

I didn't know.

I couldn't bear to have another child after that.

But Drew has a son. He's in med school, actually.

It's a noble profession.

I understand you lost a son.

Did you win a trauma bond?

Is it the loss that's made you so cynical?

I wouldn't say cynical.

Weary, maybe. Sure. Here I am with my husband's millions, virtue signaling my

way into seeming like a person of value while you are rolling up your sleeves

every day doing the hard work. Look, I admit that I was a bit heated the other

day, but I still think that a cosmetic surgery wing is a colossal waste of

money. We've run the numbers. In five years, the revenue generated from that

wing will trickle down exponentially into every department at Westside. I'm

sure that's what Max told you.

But you won't be able to control how he spends it. I can stipulate I need

oversight of the profit distributions.

Well, you can try.

I've never seen it work.

So what would you do with my money? I'd focus on a group that no one pays

attention to.

Underprivileged women.

I need IV fluids, antibiotics, painkillers, and an NG tube kit.

And when you get to the elevator, call Dr. Heller, and he will get security to

unlock the fourth floor. Got it. Give me five minutes.

It's the second-to-last room. It's the only one that's finished.

Okay, and the IVs and the NG tube?

Working on it.

I've got surveillance outside the hospital. I've got four marshals up here

with me, two on either end of the hallway.

Are you sure you have what you need to treat her? We're bringing in the

equipment now. The renovations won't be done for another month, and we sent the

contractors home, so there won't be any foot traffic.

All right. Thank you.

Are you going to need a nurse? No, we can manage for now. Marshals say the

fewer people who know the better, so not even Sonia. Yeah, they told me too. She

thinks I'm in a bronchoscopy. I spoke to Dr. Sherrill and Gina.

The medication's working.

No memories and no side effects.

Okay, I need full transparency.

Today of all days, I can't have you distracted.

I am laser-focused.

I have been completely transparent, and the lack of trust is getting boring.

It wasn't that long ago you almost killed yourself because you were hiding

symptoms and OD'd on meds no one knew you were taking.

So you'll have to suffer the tedium of this for a while.

Getting in the northwest elevator on six now.

You ought to, Fraser.

Oh, uh, it's just a supply run.

Supply run? What are you, DoorDash?

Yeah, they're a little light up on seven.

The damage from your surgery makes it very difficult to dig around in there.

And if we do, we could accidentally burst the capsule.

So we've been giving you heavy doses of antibiotics to calm the risk of

infection, and we're going to put this tube into your stomach to try to relieve

the pressure. But it needs to go through your nose and down your throat, so it

will be uncomfortable.

I've dealt with it a lot worse.

I'm just going to put my hand right here.

Okay. Here we go.

Hey, now, Sofia, if you can just touch your chin and chest, please.

Okay.

Got it? Yeah.

Chopper can be here in 90 minutes. How soon can she be ready?

Uh, depends how fast this works.

She's too unstable to travel right now, okay? We'll know more in an hour. Surge.

Yeah.

It's yellow.

Yellow's good, Sofia.

That means it's bile.

If this works, we're gonna get you out of here safely, and the hospital that

the marshals want you at, they can deal with the capsule later. There's someone

downstairs in the visitor center who wants to see you.

He says his name's Sean.

That's the man she lives with. Did you call him? No. I was too afraid to bring

him here.

Did anyone?

No, not us.

So he saw the video. He must have called before we told our switchboard not to

divulge that she's here.

Carlos, tell him to go away.

No, Sofia, it's too late.

Now you have to talk to him. I don't want to put him in danger.

What about Annie? I have marshals staking out her school right now.

She's safe and being monitored.

I did this to them.

We can sneak him up by the stairwell. I can send someone to help with that.

Do you love him?

Of course.

Then you need to face him.

This clinic offers low-cost breast exams to underserved women. And unlike

insurance companies, they don't have arbitrary rules about what they will

cover. I thought mammograms were covered by insurance now. Only if they count as

a screening. So if you're under 40 or have no risk factors, you're out of

luck. That's ridiculous.

Particularly when women who missed their first breast cancer screening have a 36%

higher rate of dying from it.

So how does this place work?

Grants. but right now they've only got about six months of operating costs left

because patients keep coming and they don't turn anyone away so you're telling

me my money will travel farther here than at westside by miles well it really

couldn't have been much of a decision at all given my track record and innate

charm and humility right i did forget that well he can brag about whatever he

wants now that his trial is fully funded exactly but Of course, I have Max and

Lisa to thank for connecting me to Nina. Oh, now he's just setting me up to see

if I can be humble. You do know that Nina's stepson is one of our most

promising new interns?

And my daughter is chief resident, which means she'll be overseeing him. Oh, you

must be incredibly proud.

Yes, and she's finally allowing me to find a way to contribute, provided I do

it anonymously.

Well, you're a week too late to get into Dr. Grant's trial, but I'm sure Max

could sell you on any number of other projects.

That's too bad.

Your project sounds intriguing, Dr. Grant.

Dr. Coleman.

Yes, sir.

I think we need to revisit your offer from this morning.

Yeah.

How could you do this all this time?

There's been a target on your back, which means there was a target on Annie

and me. I know, Sean. If I would have known that this would have happened...

Six years we've been together. You're like a mother to my kid. Now I don't

even know who you are.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

These are the rules that they gave me, Sean.

New name, new identity.

Tell no one.

After we met, I told Carlos, and he said that we could be together as long as I

didn't tell you who I really was.

Well, I guess if Carlos said so.

Because he knows you a lot better than I do.

That's not fair.

This isn't fair.

What are we supposed to do now? Do we just pick up?

We disappear with you?

Lose all my friends, my family.

When you and I, we just never see each other again.

I don't know.

Carlos said that there was some other girl.

Marisol. She went into the program at the same time as you.

Yeah.

Apparently they got to her a couple years ago. What?

She said that she broke protocol and she visited her folks.

And you have to go, Sean. Go take care of Annie. I can't ask anything of you.

Please, just go.

Yo, G-Money.

Hey, you know what? Dr. Douglas is about to run an arterial line down on five.

It's going to be sweet.

Though it seems like you're kind of busy doing nothing.

Oh, I'm going to be busy doing your mom pretty soon, actually. Oh, yeah, that's

original. Especially from the dude with the fairy stepmother.

Oh. Is this a hospital or a locker room? Dr. Matra, I'm sorry. I was just about

to... Call a renal consult for Mr. Chung?

Right.

Hey, I haven't seen you in a few hours. Where are you? Well, I texted you. I had

a bronchoscopy on five. So it's finished?

Because I think you need to check on breath fuller.

I need a bit more time here, but Dr. Park's covering for me.

Amy. Yeah?

Michael said you might be having seizures again.

And that you started new medication.

And? We're partners, right?

And I confided in you about some pretty big stuff.

I'd be happy to talk about it at the end of the shift. Frankly, I'm surprised

that Michael didn't think it could wait.

Okay. I'll see you when I see you, I guess.

Okay.

Hey.

Can I grab you for a sec?

Yeah, sure.

Okay, so keep this between us, but Ben lost a bunch of funding today.

Oh, no.

Yeah, and he was going to try to hit up people at the luncheon, but he realized

it'd be a bad look.

Anyway, the point is, we need funding or the whole trial is going to fall apart.

So you want me to put in a good word with my father? Because I don't know...

No, no, no. I wouldn't ask you to do that. I was thinking maybe I could get a

crack at him.

You? It's an amazing cause, and I think it'd be an interesting way for me to

meet him.

Like, he just sees me as a young surgeon who's really passionate about what we're

doing here.

So I introduce you... You introduce me to him as a doctor you work with. I

impress him, maybe get him to help Ben, then later, when you're ready, we do the

whole... guess who's coming to dinner thing i mean you know what i mean yeah

if it's too weird for you we don't do it case closed so

let's say i go ahead and give five million to this clinic you're not

worried about the political implications the chief of medicine diverting funds

away from her own hospital the board already thinks i'm a loose cannon but

they know they need me

You know, my stepson is graduating from medical school this year.

His father wants to keep him close. He would be so lucky to learn from someone

like you.

I'm flattered. I'll make sure his application crosses your desk then.

May not. You can't possibly imagine that I would be comfortable with that.

Oh, I'm sure you misunderstand.

Graham is eminently qualified. He may be, but unfortunately, now that the well

is poisoned, there's probably no point in him applying to my side.

But you'll be more motivated when you understand the leverage I have over you.

Excuse me? Dr. Benjamin Grant?

And the trial you consulted on?

Did you honestly think I wouldn't thoroughly vet you?

When the time comes, you know where to find me.

She has to start her life over again.

For the second time.

Is he going to go with her?

She told him to leave, but he seems pretty conflicted.

This whole world's turned upside down.

I don't even know what's right. I just, I don't want to see them separate in

anger.

You're great with Kyle.

Kind of destabilizing seeing you so different in that role.

Well, we'll see how long I can keep it up.

Dr. Larson on line three for you.

You missed me. I can't explain everything right now, but you're needed

on the fourth floor for emergency surgery.

I'm about to scrub in for another patient. Isn't there someone who can

step in? No one else can pull this off.

Now I'm intrigued.

Just you.

Tell no one.

Pressure's holding strong.

Prep another bag of saline. On it.

30 years and I've never seen adhesions this bad.

Hold on, I think I see the obstruction.

Give me more exposure.

Retracting.

Shift to the left.

Yeah, this valve is necrotic.

Providing the mesentery.

Vowel clamp.

Marking mesenteric artery.

Vessel loop on the right angle.

Eyes to the capsule.

It's impossible.

It's attached to the small bowel.

Piece must have broken off during the original surgery.

There's a second obstruction?

Yeah, and it might be eroding the wall. We have to take out that entire section

of bowel without rupturing the capsule and releasing the cocaine into her

system.

It's stuck.

Another adhesion.

Yeah, but we got bigger problems.

It's wrapping around the liver.

Is it over? It's been hours.

Not yet. Not yet. We're just going to take five minutes so we can rest our

hands. And?

So we were able to fix the first bowel obstruction. We found the second one and

the capsule. We're just figuring out the best way to remove it now.

Oh, my God.

If she doesn't survive this, the last thing I said to her was that she was a

stranger to me.

Listen, I think you gotta try to put yourself in her position.

Okay, she was a teenager.

She was coerced. She felt threatened. But how could she keep all this from me

all this time? You heard what the marshal said. What was she supposed to

do, put all of you in danger? We were in danger the moment she started flirting

with me at the Denny's.

Listen, she wasn't trying to fall for you, okay? These things just happen.

Even when they're not supposed to. And when they do...

There's nothing we can do to resist them. It's just part of being human.

You're right. You're absolutely right.

And I love her. So you tell her that when she gets out of this. I will.

I mean, she's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

And to my daughter.

Right. Right. So... I'm going with her.

And wherever she goes, I'm going too.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Currently, the best artificial hearts last an average of 100 days. Our model

is going to blow that out of the water. The ultimate goal, and we believe this

is imminently attainable, is for a permanent artificial heart solution.

Sounds very promising.

But may I ask why you're giving this presentation and not Dr. Grant?

To be honest, sir...

We lost a bit of funding this morning. Nothing earth-shattering, but in that

context, at the lunch, in front of the other donors... It would have been

difficult for him, I understand.

I appreciate that, sir. Well, he must really trust you, then.

Leaving you to this pitching business.

Sonia? What's wrong? Why are you crying? Sorry, Baba.

Shona, whatever it is, you can tell me. Please, TJ, continue.

Just tell me.

Baba, TJ and I...

We're seeing each other.

Oh.

I can understand why perhaps you wouldn't want to say something about

that right now. And I'm pregnant.

I see.

How far along?

Eight weeks.

And how long have you been seeing each other?

Four months.

Mr. Matron, I love your daughter.

And I am going to be here with her the whole way through.

So you're getting married, then?

Oh, uh... We haven't discussed that yet.

Operation was a success.

You're ready to be moved.

And... Sean has decided that he and Annie are coming with you.

What? Is that not what you want?

Oh, of course it's what I want, but I can't do that to them. He's a grown man.

He's making his own decision.

No, he's doing something stupid and rushed when he doesn't even understand

what he is signing up for, but I do because I lived it.

You can always tell him you don't want him to come. And he's going to think I

don't love him.

No, love doesn't always mean hanging on.

Sometimes it means letting go.

Then I start over again from scratch.

It's a long life. We love different people. We change and we grieve and we

move forward.

It doesn't have to erase what you had.

All of that will stay a part of you. You will stay a part of them.

Always. Are you a shrink, too?

No, not even close.

But I have had experience with second chances.

You'll be okay.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah. Long day. Thank you for including me. It was...

Educational. Yeah, some things we don't want to have to learn about.

My parents warned me about stuff like this, but still.

You did well today.

Very well.

Sophie's awake, and she'd like to talk to you. Thank you. Yeah.

So the marshal said there's no indication that the gang's touched on to

her but they're gonna keep protection on him for a couple of months So he's

staying That's not up to him.

She's leaving without them. Do you have anything to do with that?

No, that's what she wants.

I just Helped her through her fears Well, I gotta thank you

for that and the thought of Sean looking over shoulder the rest of his life

worrying about his daughter I was I was about to lose a lot of sleep over that.

I'm sorry how we ended, Jake.

We should have talked things through instead of me coming to you so

impulsively, thinking I had all the answers, and then running away.

But I am glad that you went home to Mia and Rachel.

It must be good for you.

Yeah, it is.

And I appreciate you saying that.

You talk to your mom yet? She's gonna throw a fit.

You don't know that?

Yeah, I do.

Because I told my father and didn't even bother to include her. Okay, so it

didn't go exactly how we planned.

I don't know how I thought any of that would be a good idea.

I'm sorry.

I asked you if it was all right, and... And I should have just told you no. Why

didn't you? Because you said how important this was to you, to your

career. It's not about my career. Come on, TJ.

Ben used you, used us, and we just let it happen. He's scrambling to save...

Hey, heard you were in here.

How'd it go?

Yeah, good.

He's all in.

You'll have what you need.

Oh.

Did I get messy?

It's fine.

We'll work through it.

Well, thank you. And I'm sorry for putting you in a tricky spot, but we are

gonna make history.

How's it going there, Dr. Barker? Just about done.

Assuming tomorrow they'll put me in the dungeon.

Well, it can't all be pride and glory.

Maybe you ought to consider the kind of privilege you have and remember not to

rely on it.

Right.

Of course, I heard your father was at the same donor luncheon, so maybe best

to keep some of that perspective yourself.

Excuse me?

Never mind.

But just so you know, Dr.

Larson was not doing a bronchoscopy. She was down on the fourth floor.

All day.

But I get the feeling they didn't clue you in.

I mean, feel free to ask Kyle about it.

He can find them.

Guess he was in on it, too.

Well, I think that's a pretty stupid piece of gossip, Graham, since they're

renovating that floor and nobody's even allowed down there.

You say so.

Don't you remember such a hopeless sound of old

stolen glory?

It's okay.

Just checking in. Any more seizures?

Nope. Memories?

The medication's working, I told you.

And I'm fine, thanks.

Anything else?

Matter of fact, there is. I got a call from Max.

He said that Nina Barker would really like you to take an extra interest in

Graham. Any idea what that's about?

Just a big donor trying to get her money's worth.

But, yeah, I will make sure he gets all the attention he needs.

Okay. We'll regroup after your DTI scan tomorrow.

What the hell is going on down here? We were trying to protect you.